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repercussing

repercussing is the present participle and gerund of repercuss.

Meaning of repercuss

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To drive or beat back.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To reflect; to reverberate.
    • Perceiving all the subjacent country, […] to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.1641 October 13 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 4 October 1641]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume...

Questions about repercussing

What is repercussing the present participle and gerund of?
Repercussing is the present participle and gerund of repercuss.

Words near repercussing in the dictionary

  1. repercolation
  2. repercolations
  3. repercuss
  4. repercussed
  5. repercusses
  6. repercussing
  7. repercussion
  8. repercussional
  9. repercussionary
  10. repercussionless
  11. repercussions

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