reverberativeadj.
/rᵻˈvəːb(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /rəˈvərbərədɪv/, /riˈvərbərədɪv/, /rəˈvərbəˌreɪdɪv/, /riˈvərbəˌreɪdɪv/ 1. Giving rise to reverberation; of the nature of a reverberation.
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the world > movement > impact > rebound > [adjective] > capable of
reflexive1588
reboundable1685
reverberative1716
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 334 Nothing is more common than to hear a Reverberative Repercussion of alternative Exprobations of Atheism and Irreligion.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism ii. 42 What may be termed a reverberative process... That quick sympathy which vivifies the impressions of anger, by attributing an ill intention to him who assails us.
1907 D. D. Cunningham Plagues & Pleasures Life in Bengal i. 35 Coming closer and closer with each successive circuit, and humming aloud with most tryingly reverberative energy.
1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xiii. 92 The reverberative effect of the T-shaped résingle.
2. Of a sound: tending to reverberate; reverberating. Also in figurative context.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > reverberating or echoing
rebounding1555
rolling1575
repercussive1604
doubling1605
reverberate1608
reparable echo1616
revoicing1631
reverberating1632
rewording1657
re-echoing1668
repeating1685
phonocamptic1694
echoing1702
anacamptic1706
anacamptical1706
reactive1712
rebellowing1712
redoubling1717
repulsive1744
reverberative1807
reverbering1822
reboant1830
echoy1841
reverberant1847
reboantic1853
verberant1864
1807 Port Folio 19 Dec. 397/1 I taught the caverns to complain, I made their echoes cry, Reverberative to my moans, Poor Hoang Si.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. vii. 586 Borne by the echoes, gloomily reverberative, into every dell and labyrinth.
1926 Musical Q. 12 544 They awaken reverberative echoes of Milton's lines ‘At a Solemn Musick’.
2008 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald (Nexis) 9 Dec. 1 Timaru residents were woken by a large reverberative thud about 11.30pm on Sunday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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