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reflected |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reflected adj : (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory" [ant: {unreflected}]
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