Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Reflect (v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
(2) - Reflect (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.
(3) - Reflect (v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
(4) - Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
(5) - Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
(6) - Reflect (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.

(1) - Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.
(2) - Reflecting (a.) Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.
(3) - Reflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reflect

(1) - Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.
(2) - Reflection (n.) Censure; reproach cast.
(3) - Reflection (n.) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
(4) - Reflection (n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
(5) - Reflection (n.) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
(6) - Reflection (n.) That which is produced by reflection.
(7) - Reflection (n.) Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
(8) - Reflection (n.) The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard.
(9) - Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.
(10) - Reflection (n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.