Re`per*cuss"ive (-k?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r'epercussif.]
1.
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
W. Pattison.
2.
Repellent.
[Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and
repecussive medicines."
Bacon.
3.
Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.
"Rages loud the
repercussive roar."
Thomson.
© Webster 1913.
Re`per*cuss"ive, n.
A repellent.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
© Webster 1913.