REFLECTIVE

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror. In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms. Prior.

2.
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Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason. Prior. His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development. Motley.

3.
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Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

4.
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Reflexive; reciprocal. -- Re*flect"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flect"ive*ness, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." J. C. Shairp.

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