3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated into glass." Sir T. Browne.
REVERBERATE
Re*ver"ber*ate, v. i.
1. To resound; to echo.
2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.
REVERBERATION
Re*ver`ber*a"tion, n. Etym: [CF. F. réverbération.]
Defn: The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.
REVERBERATIVE
Re*ver"ber*a*tive, a.
Defn: Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate;
reflective.
This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as
the influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor.
REVERBERATOR
Re*ver"ber*a`tor, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, produces reverberation.