LekhoriLekhoriTo bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
To mirror, or show the image of something.
The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
From Old French reflecter (“to bend back, turn back”), from Latin reflectō (“I reflect”), from re- (“again”) + flectō (“I bend, I curve”). Compare English reflex.
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