† diverberatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cleave asunder; to strike through.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)]
to-cleavec888
cleavea1100
forcleavec1290
shidec1315
rivec1330
sheara1340
carvec1374
slivea1400
thrusche1483
porfend1490
splet1530
share?1566
spleet1585
splint1591
split1595
diverberate1609
fissure1656
spall1841
balkanize1942
1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. D4v These Cries, for..Blood, diuerberate The high resounding Heau'ns conuexitie.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diverberate..to strike, beat or cut.
Derivatives
diverbeˈration n. beating.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person
threshingOE
sousingc1580
rib-roast1595
basting1599
swingeing1603
cuffing1610
lamming1611
rib-roasting1613
mauling1621
pinking1637
drubbing1650
diverberation1651
verberation1661
trimming1675
rib1699
thrashing1720
dousing1721
fagging1746
bumping1751
dusting1799
clapperclawing1806
milling1806
hiding1809
punishment1811
doing1814
bethumping1831
mugging1846
jacketing1850
frailing1851
pasting1851
towelling1851
tanning1863
fum-fum1885
ribbing1894
paddywhack1898
tanking1905
beating-up1915
shellacking1931
sloshing1931
clobbering1948
twatting1963
duffing-up1967
1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 311 Praise (which is but an idle diverberation or empty sound of ayre).
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Diverberation, a violent beating.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 352 Aquapendent mentions this diverberation.
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