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comparative more percutient, superlative most percutient
(archaic) Striking; having the power of striking or hitting.
plural percutients
(archaic) That which has the power of striking. quotations
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, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises