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verberate

verberate verb: to hit; to beat; to strike.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To hit; to beat; to strike
    • The sound […] rebounds again and verberates the skies.a. 1610, unknown author, The Mirror for Magistrates
    • You shall be verberated, and reverberated, my exact piece of stolidity1631, James Shirley, Love Tricks, act 3 scene 5

Forms of verberate

third-person singular presentverberates
present participleverberating
past participleverberated
pastverberated

Origin of verberate

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

Questions about verberate

What does verberate mean?
Verberate means to hit; to beat; to strike.
What part of speech is verberate?
Verberate is a verb.
What is the past tense of verberate?
The past tense of verberate is verberated.

Words near verberate in the dictionary

  1. verbenarius
  2. verbenas
  3. verbenol
  4. verbenone
  5. verbenones
  6. verberate
  7. verberated
  8. verberates
  9. verberating
  10. verberation
  11. verberations

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