Defn: The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same
object.
No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary
reperception and ratification of what is fine. Keats.
REPERCUSS 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.]
Defn: 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.
REPERCUSSION Re`per*cus"sion (-ksh"n), n. Etym: [L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.]
1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. Hare.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. (Med.)
Defn: The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
4. (Obstetrics)