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 9, 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. 9 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 9 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP9T2E5B4HBKPEV.