Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-FLECT'
RE-FLECT', v.t. [L. reflecto; re and flecto, to bend; Fr. reflechir; It. riflettere.]
To throw back; to return. In the rainbow, the rays of light are reflected as well as refracted. Bodies close together reflect their own color. – Dryden.
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