reverberate

UK /ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt/ US /ɹəˈvɜɹbəˌɹeɪt/
verb 5adj 2

Definitions

verb

1

To cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or more surfaces; to re-echo.

[N]o man is the Lord of any thing: / Though in and of him there be much conſiſting, / Till he communicate his parts to others, / Nor doth hee of himſelfe knovv them for aught: / Till he behold them formed in the applauſe. / VVhere th'are extended: vvho like an arch reuerb'rate / The voice againe or like a gate of ſteele: / Fronting the Sunne, receiues and renders back / His figure and his heate.

[S]oundes doe riſe / By mens force vnder feete, vvounded vvith noyſe / The hilles to heav'n reverberate their voyce.

2

Followed by on (to): to deflect or divert (flames, heat, etc.) on to something.

Flame is reverberated in a furnace.

3

To heat (something) by deflecting flames on to, or passing flames over, it.

Svb[tle]. […] I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie. / Mam[mon]. By pouring on your rectefied vvater? / Svb. Yes, and reuerberating in Athanor.

Philoſophers that opinioned the vvorlds deſtruction by fire, did never dreame of annihilation, vvhich is beyond the povver of ſublunary cauſes; for the laſt and proper action of that element [fire] is but vitrification, or a reduction of a body into Glaſſe, and therefore ſome of our Chymicks factiouſly affirme; yea, and urge Scripture for it, that at the laſt fire all ſhall be cryſtallized and reverberated into Glaſſe, vvhich is the utmoſt action of that element.

4

To repeatedly reflect (heat, light, or other radiation).

Fifteen Moſques profeſſe their bravery, […] the tops dignified by many double guilded creſcents or ſpires vvhich gallantly reverberate Apollo’s yellovv flames [sunbeams] in a rich and delightfull ſplendor.

It [the left ventricle of the heart] hath thicker VValls, more compacted fleſhy Pillars, vvherevvith the heat is both more eaſily preſerved and reverberated, and the blood more ſtrongly driven.

5

To drive, force, or push (someone or something) back; to repel, to repulse.

This banke is ſo neceſſary a defence for the Citie, that it ſerueth in ſteed of a ſtrong vvall to repulſe and reuerberate the violence of the furious vvaues of the Sea.

In blovving vveather, I am told, moſt of the houſes in this hill are ſmothered vvith ſmoke, forced dovvn the chimneys, by the guſts of vvind reverberated from the hill behind, […]

adj

1

Synonym of reverberant (“that tends to reverberate (“(repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces”) or has reverberated”); re-echoed.

So vvith reuerberate ſhoutes our Globe ſhall ring, / The Muſicks cloſe being thus: God ſaue our King.

The loftie Hills, this vvhile attentiuely that ſtood, / As to ſurvey the courſe of euery ſeuerall Flood, / Sent forth ſuch ecchoing ſhoutes (vvhich euery vvay ſo ſhrill, / VVith the reverberate ſound the ſpacious ayre did fill) […]

2

Ringing or vibrating with many echoing sounds; re-echoing, resounding, reverberating.

Make me a vvillovv Cabine at your gate, / And call vpon my ſoule vvithin the houſe, / […] / Hallovv your name to the reuerberate hilles, / And make the babling Goſsip of the aire, / Cry out Oliuia: […]

I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the Lake, in vvhich thy Race / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill Pithagoras / Firſt taught to men, by a reuerberate glaſſe)

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