1. (a.) Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
2. (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.
3. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.
4. (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
5. (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
6. (v. t.) To reflect.
7. (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
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