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 (from a surface); 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, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; reverberate ore'

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