REPERCUSS

repercuss

(verb) cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

repercuss (third-person singular simple present repercusses, present participle repercussing, simple past and past participle repercussed)

(transitive) To drive or beat back.

(transitive, by extension) To reflect; to reverberate.

Anagrams

• precurses

Source: Wiktionary


Re`per*cuss" (-ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repercussed (-kst");p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing.] Etym: [L. repercusus, p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re- + percutere. See Percussion.]

Definition: To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate. Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against. Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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