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Reflex


RE'FLEX, adjective [Latin reflexus.]

1. Directed back; as a reflex act of the soul, the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions.

2. Designating the parts of a painting illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.

3. In botany, bent back; reflected.

REFLEX', noun Reflection. [Not used.]

REFLEX', verb transitive

1. To reflect.

2. To bend back; to turn back. [Not used.]