v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repercussed p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing. ] [ L. repercusus, p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re- + percutere. See Percussion. ] To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion. ] 1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger. [ 1913 Webster ]
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