Vocabulary : Reflame to Reflector

Reflame : To kindle again into flame.
Reflect : 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. ;; To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror. ;; To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams. ;; To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return. ;; To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules. ;; To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
Reflected : of Reflect ;; Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc. ;; Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory. ;; Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
Reflectent : Bending or flying back; reflected. ;; Reflecting; as, a reflectent body.
Reflectible : Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.

Reflecting : of Reflect ;; Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface. ;; Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
Reflectingly : With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.
Reflection : The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. ;; The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below. ;; The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard. ;; Shining; brightness, as of the sun. ;; That which is produced by reflection. ;; An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart. ;; A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane. ;; Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth. ;; Censure; reproach cast. ;; The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action,
Reflective : Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. ;; Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. ;; Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person. ;; Reflexive; reciprocal.
Reflector : One who, or that which, reflects. ;; Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc. ;; A reflecting telescope. ;; A device for reflecting sound.

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