Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-VERB'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. reverbero; re and verbero, to beat.]

1. To return, as sound; to send back; to echo; as, an arch reverberates the voice. – Shak.
2. To send or beat back; to repel; to reflect; as, to reverberate rays of light. – Swift.
3. To send or drive back; to repel from side to side; as, flame reverberated in a furnace.