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Repercussive


REPERCUSS'IVE, adjective

1. Driving back; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate; as repercussive rocks.

2. Repellent; as a repercussive medicine. [Not in use.]

3. Driven back; reverberated.

REPERCUSS'IVE, noun A repellent. obsolete