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Webster 1913 Edition

Repercuss

Reˊper-cuss′

(-kŭs′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Repercussed
(-k?st′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Repercussing
.]
[L.
repercusus
, p. p. of
repercutere
to drive back; pref.
re-
re- +
percutere
. See
Percussion
.]
To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.
Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
repercuss
such a light as I could hardly look against.
Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repercuss

REPERCUSS'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. repercutio; re and percutio; per and quatio, to shake, to beat.] To beat back.

Definition 2024

repercuss

repercuss

English

Verb

repercuss ‎(third-person singular simple present repercusses, present participle repercussing, simple past and past participle repercussed)

  1. (transitive) To drive or beat back.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To reflect; to reverberate.
    • Evelyn
      Perceiving all the subjacent country, […] to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.

Etymology

Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere to drive back; prefix re- re- + percutere. See percussion.

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