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repercussive
adj 3noun 1
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3ADJ.
loud, strong
VERB + REPERCUSSIVE
apply, rages
REPERCUSSIVE + NOUN
medicines
Definitions
adj
1
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
2
Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.
Rages loud the repercussive roar.
3
Repellent; driving back.
Blood is stanched[…] by astringent and repercussive medicines.
noun
1
A repellent.
rheums and defluxions, which if you apply a strong repercussive to the place affected , and do not take away the cause of the disease , will shift and fall straightways to another joint or place
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Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
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Rages loud the repercussive roar.
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Blood is stanched[…] by astringent and repercussive medicines.
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rheums and defluxions, which if you apply a strong repercussive to the place affected , and do not take away the cause of the disease , will shift and fall straightways to another joint or place
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