Definition of reflex

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Reflex (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness..

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Kinesodic :: Kinesodic (a.) Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly..
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..
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..
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Hire :: Hire (n.) To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time..
Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc..
Reflexibility :: Reflexibility (n.) The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light..
Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun..
Comport :: Comport (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To reflect.
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself..
Bethink :: Bethink (v. t.) To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought..
Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return..
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Have :: Have (v. t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion..
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