Repercussive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Repercussive is an adjective meaning Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Meaning
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
More Meanings
- Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.
- (obsolete) Repellent; driving back.
- (obsolete) A repellent.
Example Sentences
Rages loud the repercussive roar.
Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
Blood is stanched[…] by astringent and repercussive medicines.
rheums and defluxions, which if you apply a strong repercussive to the place affected , and do not take away the cause of the disease , will shift and fall straightways to another joint or place
Word Forms
- repercussives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reflexible, reiterable, reflectable, percussible, reflecting, reboundable.
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