verberate

verberate

English

Etymology

From Latin verberatus, past participle of verberare (“to beat”), from verber (“a lash, a whip”).

Verb

verberate (third-person singular simple present verberates, present participle verberating, simple past and past participle verberated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beat; to strike.
   • Mirror for Magistrates

     The sound […] rebounds again and verberates the skies.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for verberate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• vertebrae, vertebræ

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Latin

Verb

verberāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of verberō