Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
         repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
                                                  --Evelyn.