repercuss
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere (“to drive back”), from re- (“re-”) + percutere. See percussion.
Verb edit
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.
- 1641 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 4 October 1641]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
- Perceiving all the subjacent country, […] to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.