reverberate

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The Word of the Day for November 23 is:

reverberate   \rih-VER-buh-rayt\   verb
     1 a : reflect  b: repel  c: echo
     2 : to become driven back or reflected
    *3 : to continue in or as if in a series of echoes : resound

Example sentence:
     The pastor's sermon on the importance of loving one's 
neighbor reverberated with special meaning during the holidays.

Did you know?
     The letter sequence "v-e-r-b" in "reverberate" might make 
you think at first of such word-related brethren 
as "proverb," "verbal," and "verbose," all of which derive from 
the Latin noun "verbum," meaning "word." In fact, "reverberate" 
comes from a much different source: the Latin verb "verberare," 
meaning "to whip, beat, or lash," which is related to the 
noun "verber," meaning "rod." "Reverberate" entered the English 
language in the 15th century, and one of its early meanings 
was "to beat, drive, or cast back." By the early 1600s it began 
to appear in contexts associated with sound that repeats or 
returns the way an echo does.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.