reverberative

English

Etymology

From reverberate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɜː.bə.ɹə.tɪv/, /ɹəˈvɜː.bɹə.tɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvɝ.bəˌɹeɪ.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: re‧ver‧ber‧a‧tive

Adjective

reverberative (comparative more reverberative, superlative most reverberative)

1. Tending to reverberate or reflect.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section VII, page 76:

     This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the maſs upon its centres.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “reverberative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)