[re.flect] vb [ME, fr. L reflectere to bend back, fr. re- + flectere to bend] vt (15c) 1 archaic: to turn into or away from a course: deflect
2: to prevent passage of and cause to change direction "a mirror ~s light"
3: to bend or fold back
4: to give back or exhibit as an image, likeness, or outline: mirror "the clouds were ~ed in the water"
5: to bring or cast as a result "his attitude ~s little credit on his judgment"
6: to make manifest or apparent: show "the pulse ~s the condition of the heart" 7: realize, consider ~ vi 1: to throw back light or sound
2. a: to think quietly and calmly b: to express a thought or opinion resulting from reflection 3 a: to tend to bring reproach or discredit "an investigation that ~s on all the members of the department" b: to bring about a specified appearance or characterization "an act which ~s well on him" c: to have a bearing or influence syn see think