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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reflect \Re*flect"\ (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reflecting}.] [L. reflectere, reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See {Flexible}, and cf. {Reflex}, v.] 1. To bend back; to give a backwa[?]d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat. Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our quotations. --Fuller. Bodies close together reflect their own color. --Dryden. 2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror. Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reflected \Re*flect"ed\, a. 1. Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc. 2. Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory. 3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed. | |
