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percutients

percutients is the plural of percutient.

Meaning of percutient

Noun

percutient (plural percutients)

  1. (archaic) That which has the power of striking.
    • Therefore proceeding upon our grounds before layed; to wit, that no body can be moved of it self; we may determine those motions to be naturall unto bodies which have constant causes, or percutients to make them alwayes in such bodies: […]1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of...

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Questions about percutients

What is percutients the plural of?
Percutients is the plural of percutient.

Words near percutients in the dictionary

  1. percuted
  2. percutes
  3. percuteur
  4. percuteurs
  5. percutient
  6. percutients
  7. percuting
  8. percy
  9. Percy boy
  10. Percy Main
  11. Percydale

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