reverberate
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re·ver·ber·ate
(rĭ-vûr'bə-rāt') 
v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. v.intr.
v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. v.intr.
- To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho.
- To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life.
- To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.
- To be forced or driven back; recoil or rebound.
- To reecho (a sound). See synonyms at echo.
- To reflect (heat or light) repeatedly.
- To drive or force back; repel.
- To subject (a metal, for example) to treatment in a reverberatory furnace.
[Latin reverberāre, reverberāt-, to repel : re-, re- + verberāre, to beat (from verber, whip).]
reverberator re·ver'ber·a·tor n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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IN BRIEF: To bounce back, as sound; echo.
The naturalist's voice will reverberate in the cave.
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- Sound, Hearing, and Deafness - reverberate: (vb) reecho, resound; be reflected repeatedly, as sound waves from walls of a confined space
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Reverberate
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - give genlyd, kastes tilbage
v. tr. - kaste tilbage
Nederlands (Dutch)
weerklinken, weerkaatsen, galmen
Français (French)
v. intr. - résonner (de), résonner (dans, par), se propager (dans), se réverbérer
v. tr. - renvoyer, répercuter (un son), réverbérer, réfléchir, (Tech) fondre au four à réverbère
Deutsch (German)
v. - widerhallen, zurückwerfen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντηχώ, αντιβουίζω, (μτφ.) αντανακλώ/-ώμαι
Português (Portuguese)
v. - reverberar, refletir
Русский (Russian)
греметь, реверберировать, отражать
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - resonar, retumbar, reverberar, reflejarse
v. tr. - reflejar, tratar en horno de reverbero
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - genljuda, reflektera
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
回响, 弹回, 反射, 反响, 使反响, 使回响
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 回響, 彈回, 反射, 反響
v. tr. - 使反響, 反射, 使回響
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 반향하다, 울려 퍼지다, 반사하다
v. tr. - 반향 시키다, 반사하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 反響させる, 反射する, はね返る, 鳴り響く
adj. - 反響する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يرد, يصدي, يدوي
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - הדהד, השתקף
v. tr. - הדהד, הרעים, שיקף
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