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Antonyms for reverberate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ri-vur-buh-reyt; adjective ri-vur-ber-it
Phonetic Transcription : verb rɪˈvɜr bəˌreɪt; adjective rɪˈvɜr bər ɪt

Definition of reverberate

Origin :
  • 1570s, "beat back, drive back, force back," from Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare "strike back, repel, cause to rebound" (see reverberation). Meaning "re-echo" is from 1590s. Earlier verb was reverberen (early 15c.). Related: Reverberated; reverberating.
  • verb vibrate in sound
Example sentences :
  • You expect the harp to reverberate once again with the old fervors.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • My voice seemed to reverberate and re-echo as if I had shouted with all my strength.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Germ » by Martin Swayne
  • There are other calls than those which reverberate from yon peaks.
  • Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Its walls, while echoing voices of lamentation, reverberate also the shouts of revenge.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
  • All she could do, for the instant, was to reverberate foolishly Prodmores?
  • Extract from : « The Two Magics » by Henry James
  • This is as the echo continuing to reverberate after the sound has ceased.
  • Extract from : « The Note-Books of Samuel Butler » by Samuel Butler
  • Presently the growling of the guns began to reverberate over London.
  • Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck
  • The salutes they fired had hardly ceased to reverberate along the shores of the Channel when the momentous struggle was on.
  • Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
  • Rows, indeed, were frequent and occasionally threatened to reverberate beyond the walls of the official sanctum.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Cambrian » by C. P. Gasquoine
  • If this is a fortunate day, however, the horn on the turret will blow, and then the gong at the bailey gate will reverberate.
  • Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis

Synonyms for reverberate

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