Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reflected"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reflected
adj : (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back;
"reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory"
[ant: {unreflected}]
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