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repercuss
(encz) | repercuss, v: |
Repercuss
(gcide) | Repercuss \Re`per*cuss"\ (-k[u^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Repercussed (-k?st");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.
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Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
--Evelyn.
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repercuss
(wn) | repercuss
v 1: cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect |
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repercussion
(mass) | repercussion
- dopad, následok, odozva, odraz |
repercuss
(encz) | repercuss, v: |
repercussion
(encz) | repercussion,odezva n: Zdeněk Brož |
repercussions
(encz) | repercussions,dopady n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrepercussions,následky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrepercussions,odezvy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrepercussions,odrazy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Repercussed
(gcide) | Repercuss \Re`per*cuss"\ (-k[u^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Repercussed (-k?st");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.
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Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
--Evelyn.
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Repercussing
(gcide) | Repercuss \Re`per*cuss"\ (-k[u^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Repercussed (-k?st");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.
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Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
--Evelyn.
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Repercussion
(gcide) | Repercussion \Re`per*cus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio:
cf. F. r['e]percussion.]
1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven
back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of
sound.
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Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare.
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2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
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3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action
of a repellent. --Dunglison.
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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.
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Repercussive
(gcide) | Repercussive \Re`per*cuss"ive\ (-k?s"?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]percussif.]
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1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending
back; causing to reverberate.
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Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound. --W.
Pattison.
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2. Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and
repercussive medicines." --Bacon.
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3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the
repercussive roar." --Thomson.
[1913 Webster]Repercussive \Re`per*cuss"ive\, n.
A repellent. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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repercuss
(wn) | repercuss
v 1: cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect |
repercussion
(wn) | repercussion
n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his
declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations
of the market crash were felt years later" [syn:
repercussion, reverberation]
2: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil,
repercussion, rebound, backlash] |
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