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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of
     reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare
     to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
     1. Reverberant. [Obs.] "The reverberate hills." --Shak.
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     2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Reverberated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reverberating}.]
     1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
        as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
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              Who, like an arch, reverberates
              The voice again.                      --Shak.
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     2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
        flame is reverberated in a furnace.
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     3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated
        into glass." --Sir T. Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. i.
     1. To resound; to echo.
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     2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of
        light; to be echoed, as sound.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reverberate
       v 1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
            [syn: {resound}, {echo}, {ring}]
       2: have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my
          teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
       3: be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the
          waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
       4: to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror
          in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound
          is reflected well in this auditorium" [syn: {reflect}]
       5: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
          bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
          after they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {resile}, {take a hop},
           {spring}, {bound}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {ricochet}]
       6: treat, process, heatl, metl, or refine in a reverberating
          furnace; "reverberate ore"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "reverberate":
     acknowledge, answer, answer back, be reflected, be sent back, boom,
     bounce back, come again, come back, come back at, come up again,
     echo, echo back, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer,
     go back, keep coming, react, reappear, rebound, recur, reecho,
     rejoin, reoccur, repeat, reply, resound, respond, resume, retort,
     return, return answer, return for answer, revert, riposte, roll,
     rumble, say, say in reply, send back, shoot back, sound,
     talk back
  
  

















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