verberate

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verb

To hit; to beat; to strike

OriginLatin verberatus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person verberates · participle present verberating · participle past verberated · past verberated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo hit; to beat; to strike

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

    a. 1610, unknown author, The Mirror for Magistrates
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    You shall be verberated, and reverberated, my exact piece of stolidity

    1631, James Shirley, Love Tricks, act 3 scene 5

    Full well I heed the verberating chime, Which comes like music on the ear to tell It is the anticipated trysting time

    1840, J. A. Simons, Meddlings with the Muse

Origin

  1. Latinverberatus
  2. Englishverberate

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

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Chicago

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