To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
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Reverberant.
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Reverberant.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.
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To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.
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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
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To engage in continuous thought; to think.
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To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
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Designated; appointed; chosen.
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To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…
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That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…
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To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
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Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehens…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To appoint.
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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…
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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
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To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronou…
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To engage in continuous thought; to think.
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To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
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To glitter in flashes; to flash.
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To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
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To look into or within; to view the inside of.
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A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
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To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
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To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery.
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Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill…
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The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
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Reverberant.
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To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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A little spark; a scintillation.
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A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…
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To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.
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That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…
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One who ponders.
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One who ponders.
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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
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One who, or that which, reflects.
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One who, or that which, reflects.
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To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…
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To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.
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To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
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A thin, soft kind of muslin.
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A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
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To weigh.
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Reverberant.
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To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
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To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…
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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…
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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
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