Definition of reverberate

• a. - Reverberant.
• a. - Driven back, as sound; reflected.
• v. t. - To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
• v. t. - To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.
• v. t. - Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.
• v. i. - To resound; to echo.
• v. i. - To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.