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(-kŭs′)

Verb.

[

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

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.

Verb.

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