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The letter sequence "v-e-r-b" in reverberate might make you think at first of such word-related brethren as proverb, verbal, and verbose, all of which derive from the Latin noun verbum, meaning "word." In fact, reverberate comes from a much different source: the Latin verb verberare, meaning "to whip, beat, or lash," which is related to the noun verber, meaning "rod." Reverberate entered the English language in the 15th century, and one of its early meanings was "to beat, drive, or cast back." By the early 1600s, it began to appear in contexts associated with sound that repeats or returns the way an echo does.
Examples of reverberate in a Sentence
Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Overall, Double Exposure honors players’ personal experience with its progenitor by making your past decisions reverberate in Max’s.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
October is Merlot Month and, ironically, also the 20th anniversary of the wine-centric movie Sideways – a film that reverberated across the wine industry, causing Merlot sales to plummet.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The politics of the fighting overseas has reverberated in city halls and college campuses here as well as nationwide, sparking protests and infighting, with the potential to influence the contentious November presidential election.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Reverberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverberate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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