Definitions for reverberate

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reverberate re·ver·ber·ate

Spelling: [verb ri-vur-buh-reyt; adjective ri- Reverberate is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in reverberate (abeeeerrrtv).

Definitions for reverberate

adjective

1. reverberant.

verb (used with object)

1. to echo back or reecho (sound).
2. to cast back or reflect (light, heat, etc.).
3. to subject to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.

verb (used without object)

1. to reecho or resound:
2. Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space.
3. to rebound or recoil.
4. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace.

Origin of reverberate

First recorded in 1540-50, reverberate is from the Latin word reverberātus (past participle of reverberāre to strike back). See reverberant, Examples for reverberate

Its walls, while echoing voices of lamentation, reverberate also the shouts of revenge.

Over the weekend this question started to reverberate throughout the media pundit class.

The silhouettes seem to reverberate across the room, in a mildly hall-of-mirrors effect.

The cartoons zing, whirr, and reverberate harmonically, making each entry a sort of duet.

But the impact of the financial maneuvers that he made to save the company will reverberate for years.

You expect the harp to reverberate once again with the old fervors.

This has often been referred to as the September 11 moment that will reverberate through the new Star Trek universe.

There are other calls than those which reverberate from yon peaks.

My voice seemed to reverberate and re-echo as if I had shouted with all my strength.

All she could do, for the instant, was to reverberate foolishly Prodmores?