Main Entry: ¹re·ver·ber·ate

Pronunciation: \-bə-ˌrāt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): re·ver·ber·at·ed; re·ver·ber·at·ing

Etymology: Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare, from re- + verberare to lash, from verber rod — more at vervain

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : reflect
2 : repel
3 : echointransitive verb 1 a : to become driven back b : to become reflected
2 : to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : resound <an historic event that still reverberates today>