REPERCUSSIVE

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
a.

Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repecussive medicines." Bacon.

3.
a.

Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar." Thomson.

4.
n.

A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.