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† diˈverberate, v. Obs.
[f. L. dīverberāt- ppl. stem of dīverberāre to strike or cleave asunder, f. dī-, dis- 1 + verberāre to beat, scourge, whip.]
trans. To cleave asunder; to strike through.
1609J. Davies Holy Roode cxlvii, These cries for..blood diuerberate The high resounding Heau'n's convexitie. 1656Blount Glossogr., Diverberate..to strike, beat or cut.
Hence diverbeˈration, beating.
1651Raleigh's Ghost 311 Praise (which is but an idle diverberation or empty sound of ayre). 1658Phillips, Diverberation, a violent beating. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. x. 352 Aquapendent mentions this diverberation. |