the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Reflect
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
(2):
(v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
(3):
(v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
(4):
(v. i.) 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.
(5):
(v.) 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.
(6):
(v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reflect'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/reflect.html. 1828.
