Reflect is something that doesn't absorb or that mirrors back whatever is coming into it or looking at it.
(verb)To reflect is to think deeply about an issue.
(verb)An example of reflect is when you think back on your behavior.
See reflect in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME reflecten < MFr reflecter < L reflectere < re-, back + flectere, to bend
intransitive verb
See reflect in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb re·flect·ed, re·flect·ing, re·flects verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English reflecten
Origin: , from Old French reflecter
Origin: , from Latin reflectere, to bend back
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + flectere, to bend
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