Category:Repercussive

Re`per*cuss"ive (-ks"v), a. Etym: [cf. F. répercussif.]

1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; Causing to reverberate. Ye repercussive rocks! Repeat the sound. W. Pattison.

2. Repellent. [obs.] "blood is stanched by astringent and repecussive Medicines." Bacon.

3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "rages loud the Repercussive roar." Thomson.

Repercussive Re`per*cuss"ive, n.

Defn: a repellent. [obs.] Bacon.