reverberate

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They even managed to make the first name of center fielder "Brett Gardner" reverberate, as if it had two syllables.

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  1. intransitive verb To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho.
  2. intransitive verb To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life.
  3. intransitive verb To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.
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  • Recession's hits reverberate, even for the self-employed
  • They even managed to make the first name of center fielder "Brett Gardner" reverberate, as if it had two syllables.
  • Cries of 'Bring Back Condoleezza Rice' may not exactly reverberate around Tiananmen Square.
  • WAVERLY - The sounds of music will reverberate at Wartburg College during "Ensemble Extravaganza" with eight events during a five-day period.
  • Typeface design is a very rigorous, almost scientific discipline where minuscule variations and adaptations reverberate in meaning and impact. —  Design Observer: Main Posts
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin reverberāre, reverberāt-, to repel : re-, re- + verberāre, to beat (from verber, whip; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare (later Italian riverberare = Spanish Portuguese reverberar = Old French reverberer, French réverbérer), beat back, from re-, back, + verberare, beat: see verberate.
  2. from Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverberare, cast back, repel: see the verb.
 

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/rəˈvərˈbəreɪt/
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