Reflex

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Reflex
Author: Noah Webster

RE’FLEX, a. [L. reflexus.]

1. Directed back; as a reflex act of the soul, the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions.

2. Designating the parts of a painting illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.

3. In botany, bent back; reflected.

REFLEX’, n. Reflection. [Not used.]

REFLEX’, v.t.

1. To reflect.

2. To bend back; to turn back. [Little used.]

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Reflex," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP9T2E5B4HBKPEV.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Reflex." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP9T2E5B4HBKPEV.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Reflex' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP9T2E5B4HBKPEV.