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Meaning of REPERCUSSIVE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Re`per*cuss"ive\ (-k?s"?v), a. [Cf. F.
    r['e]percussif.]
    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
       repercussive medicines.'' --Bacon.
    
    3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. ``Rages loud the
       repercussive roar.'' --Thomson.
    
    
  2. \Re`per*cuss"ive\, n.
    A repellent. [Obs.] --Bacon.
    
    
 

 

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