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 verb1: reflect2: repel3: echointransitive verb1 a: to become driven back b: to become reflected2: to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : resound <an historic event that still reverberates today>