repercuss

English

Etymology

From Latin repercusus, past participle of repercutere (“to drive back”), from re- (“re-”) + percutere. See percussion.

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.
   • 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.

Anagrams

• precurses