Reflecting
- 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.
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Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our quotations. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Bodies close together reflect their own color. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror. [1913 Webster]
Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea reflected is the sun. --Young. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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