Definition of reflex

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Reflex (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.

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Repent :: Repent (v. t.) To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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..
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..
Reciprocal :: Reciprocal (a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action..
Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep..
Reflexible :: Reflexible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back..
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..
Misdemean :: Misdemean (v. t.) To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self..
Hemselven :: Hemselven (pron.) Themselves; -- used reflexively.
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..
Enroll :: Enroll (n.) To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well..
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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..
Perjure :: Perjure (v. t.) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself..
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
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..
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