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reverberate

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Is reverberate a Scrabble word?

Yes, reverberate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 points in Scrabble.

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Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive)Examples: "[N]o man is the Lord of any thing: / Though in and of him there be much conſiſting, / Till he communicate his parts to others, / Nor doth hee of himſelfe knovv them for aught: / Till he behold them formed in the applauſe. / VVhere th'are extended: vvho like an arch reuerb'rate / The voice againe or like a gate of ſteele: / Fronting the Sunne, receiues and renders back / His figure and his heate."; "[S]oundes doe riſe / By mens force vnder feete, vvounded vvith noyſe / The hilles to heav'n reverberate their voyce."; "[W]hatſoever is moved is a body, but Voice is moved and reverberated from ſmooth places, as a ball againſt a VVall. So in the Ægyptian Pyramids, one Voice is redoubled four or five times."transitive

2. (transitive)Examples: "Flame is reverberated in a furnace."transitive

3. (transitive)Examples: "Svb[tle]. […] I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie. / Mam[mon]. By pouring on your rectefied vvater? / Svb. Yes, and reuerberating in Athanor."; "Philoſophers that opinioned the vvorlds deſtruction by fire, did never dreame of annihilation, vvhich is beyond the povver of ſublunary cauſes; for the laſt and proper action of that element [fire] is but vitrification, or a reduction of a body into Glaſſe, and therefore ſome of our Chymicks factiouſly affirme; yea, and urge Scripture for it, that at the laſt fire all ſhall be cryſtallized and reverberated into Glaſſe, vvhich is the utmoſt action of that element."archaictransitive

4. (transitive)Examples: "Fifteen Moſques profeſſe their bravery, […] the tops dignified by many double guilded creſcents or ſpires vvhich gallantly reverberate Apollo’s yellovv flames [sunbeams] in a rich and delightfull ſplendor."; "It [the left ventricle of the heart] hath thicker VValls, more compacted fleſhy Pillars, vvherevvith the heat is both more eaſily preſerved and reverberated, and the blood more ſtrongly driven."; "[T]heſe [quilted caps], vvhen moiſtned vvith Svveat, ſtop all Perſpiration, and by reverberating the Heat, prevent the Spirit from evaporating any vvay, but at the Mouth; […]"transitive

5. (transitive)Examples: "This banke is ſo neceſſary a defence for the Citie, that it ſerueth in ſteed of a ſtrong vvall to repulſe and reuerberate the violence of the furious vvaues of the Sea."; "In blovving vveather, I am told, moſt of the houſes in this hill are ſmothered vvith ſmoke, forced dovvn the chimneys, by the guſts of vvind reverberated from the hill behind, […]"obsoletetransitive

6. (transitive)obsoletetransitive

adj (English)

1. (rare) Ringing or vibrating with many echoing sounds; re-echoing, resounding, reverberating.Examples: "Make me a vvillovv Cabine at your gate, / And call vpon my ſoule vvithin the houſe, / […] / Hallovv your name to the reuerberate hilles, / And make the babling Goſsip of the aire, / Cry out Oliuia: […]"; "I vvas that bright Face / Reflected by the Lake, in vvhich thy Race / Read mysticke lines; (vvhich skill Pithagoras / Firſt taught to men, by a reuerberate glaſſe)"; "Thrice his horse neigh'd, and the reverberate hills / Gave back the image of his voice, […]"rare

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "reverberate"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "reverberate"?

Scrabble
16 points
R1
E1
V4
E1
R1
B3
E1
R1
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
18 points
R1
E1
V4
E1
R1
B4
E1
R1
A1
T1
E1

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