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reflected

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

reflected
     adj : (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back;
           "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory"
           [ant: {unreflected}]
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