repercuss
English
Etymology
From Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere (“to drive back”), from re- (“re-”) + percutere. See percussion.
Verb
repercuss (third-person singular simple present repercusses, present participle repercussing, simple past and past participle repercussed)
- (transitive) To drive or beat back.
- (transitive, by extension) To reflect; to reverberate.
- Evelyn
- Perceiving all the subjacent country, […] to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
- Evelyn
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