Definition of reflex

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Reflex (a.) Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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Demean :: Demean (v. t.) To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Myself :: Myself (pron.) I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself..
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively..
Reflectible :: Reflectible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible..
Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
Slue :: Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round..
Give :: Give (n.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study..
Reflexion :: Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.
Reflection :: 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..
So :: So (adv.) In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate..
Misdemean :: Misdemean (v. t.) To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self..
Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
Insoul :: Insoul (v. t.) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on..
Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Ingratiate :: Ingratiate (v. t.) To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns..
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