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reflexing

reflexing is the present participle and gerund of reflex.

Meaning of reflex

Verb

reflex (third-person singular simple present reflexes, present participle reflexing, simple past and past participle reflexed)

  1. (transitive) To bend back or turn back over itself.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To reflect (light, sight, etc.).
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To cast (beams of light) on something.
    • The ſpring is hindered by your ſmoothering hoſt,
      For neither rain can fall vpon the earth,
      Nor Sun reflexe his vertuous beames thereon.
      The ground is mantled with ſuch multitudes.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  5. To respond to a stimulus.

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Questions about reflexing

What is reflexing the present participle and gerund of?
Reflexing is the present participle and gerund of reflex.

Words near reflexing in the dictionary

  1. reflexibilities
  2. reflexibility
  3. reflexible
  4. reflexicon
  5. reflexicons
  6. reflexing
  7. reflexion
  8. reflexional
  9. reflexionally
  10. reflexions
  11. reflexity

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