Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: RE-FLECT'ENT – RE-FLUCT-U-A'TION
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RE-FLECT'ENT, a.
Bending or flying back; as, the ray descendent, and ray reflectent. – Digby.
RE-FLECT'I-BLE, a.
That may be reflected or thrown back. – Gregory.
RE-FLECT'ING, a.
Given to reflection or serious consideration; as, a reflecting mind.
RE-FLECT'ING, ppr.
- Throwing back.
- Turning back, as thoughts upon themselves or upon past events.
- Reflecting on, casting censure or reproach.
RE-FLECT'ING-LY, adv.
With reflection; with censure. – Swift.
RE-FLEC'TION, n. [from reflect.]
- The act of throwing back; as, the reflection of light or colors. The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are always equal.
- The act of bending back. – Bentley.
- That which is reflected. As the sun in water we can bear, / Yet not the sun, but his reflection there. – Dryden.
- The operation of the mind by which it turns its views back upon itself and its operations; the review or reconsideration of past thoughts, opinions or decisions of the mind, or of past events. – Encyc.
- Thought thrown back on itself, on the past or on the absent; as, melancholy reflections; delightful reflections. Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate, at the same time afflicted and encouraged him. – Atterbury.
- The expression of thought.
- Attentive consideration; meditation; contemplation. This delight grows and improves under thought and reflection. – South.
- Censure; reproach cast. He died, and oh! may no reflection shed / Its pois'nous venom on the royal dead. – Prior.
RE-FLECT'IVE, a.
- Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. In the reflective stream the sighing bride, / Viewing her charms impaired. – Prior.
- Considering the operations of the mind, or things past; as, reflective reason. – Prior.
RE-FLECT'IVE-LY, adv.
By reflection.
RE-FLECT'OR, n.
- One who reflects or considers. – Boyle.
- That which reflects.
RE'FLEX, a. [L. reflexus.]
- Directed back; as, a reflex act of the soul, the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions. – Hale.
- Designating the parts of a painting illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture. – Encyc.
- In botany, bent back; reflected.
RE-FLEX', n.
Reflection. [Not used.] – Hooker.
RE-FLEX', v.t.
- To reflect. – Shak.
- To bend back; to turn back. [Little used.] – Gregory.
The quality of being reflexible or capable of being reflected; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light. Newton.
RE-FLEX'I-BLE, a.
Capable of being reflected or thrown back. The light of the sun consists of rays differently refrangible and reflexible. – Cheyne.
RE-FLEX'ION, n. [See REFLECTION.]
RE-FLEX'I-TY, n.
Capacity of being reflected.
RE-FLEX'IVE, a.
Having respect to something past. Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. – Hammond.
RE-FLEX'IVE-LY, adv.
In a direction backward. – Gov. of the Tongue.
RE'FLOAT, n. [re and float.]
Reflux; ebb; a flowing back. [Little used.] – Bacon.
RE-FLO-RES'CENCE, n. [re and florescence.]
A blossoming anew.
RE-FLOUR-ISH, v.i. [reflur'ish. re and flourish.]
To flourish anew. – Milton.
RE-FLOUR'ISH-ING, ppr.
Flourishing again.
RE-FLOW, v.i. [re and flow.]
To flow back; to ebb.
RE-FLOW-ING, ppr.
Flowing back; ebbing. – Darwin.
A flowing back.