单词 | reflexed |
释义 | reflexedadj. 1. Of light, heat, an image, etc.: reflected, thrown back. Also: owing to or caused by reflection. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected reflexeda1425 repercussive1598 resultant1615 reflective1635 reflect1647 reflex1653 reflected1667 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > backwards recurve?a1425 recourbleda1492 recurvate1556 retorted1571 reflected1578 back-turneda1586 reflexed1597 recurved1598 reverteda1616 reflex1633 recurvous1713 retroflected1765 retrorsal1870 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 299 (MED) Þe þridde siȝt is reflexid whan it comeþ bi dyvers meenes, and þei ben on divers kyndis, as þe moone is seen aȝens niȝt. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xxxiii. 146 This reflexed heate..draweth with it the moysture, of which in them are engendred the thinne and small heares of the Bearde. 1597 Bp. J. King Serm. Queenes Day, 1595 in Lect. Ionas 688 Our loue to other..comming as broken and reflexed beames from our loue to God. 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith iv. iii. viii. §5 Any reflexed splendour from the favourable aspect of earthly majesty. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 134 This glass..will render the reflexed species of the outward object full and large. 1714 J. Browne Inst. Physick 146 The same Angle of the reflexed and incident Ray. 1743 E. Stone New Math. Dict. (ed. 2) at Projection Every Point of Division of the Craticular Prototype, is in the Reflexed Ray. 1850 R. Blakey Hist. Philos. Mind II. i. 4 In order that some reflexed light might be thrown upon the different aspects in which these profound doctrines were viewed. 2005 A. Rai Scholar's Man. Homoeopathic Materia Medica b. 793 Eyes... Cannot tolerate reflexed light. 2. a. Chiefly Botany and Heraldry. Esp. of a part of a plant (or animal): bent, turned, looped, or folded back; recurved; = reflected adj. 2. Cf. reflex v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > turned inwards, upwards, backwards, etc. reflexeda1500 resupinated1661 nutant1751 nodding1776 resupinate1776 reversed1777 deflex1791 retrorse1818 deflexed1826 deflected1828 fornicate1828 invaginated1835 antrorse1838 invertile1853 posterial1866 retrorsal1870 invaginate1887 invaginable1888 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 111 (MED) Sharp and rounde nayles to venerien actis ben redy. Croked and reflixed nailes, imprudent men it signyfien and raveners. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 125 The Proboscide, Truncke..of an Elephant, in Pale Couped, Flexed and Reflexed after the forme of a Roman S. 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 2) at Cassia Barbadoes Cassia, with a reflex'd Cup, and pointed leaves. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 755 [Hypnum squarrosum] Reflex'd-leav'd Hypnum. Anglis. 1818 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 238 The reflexed head simulating a tail curled over its back. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. xx. 77 Inflated reflexed bracts, that conceal the flowers. 1893 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (ed. 4) 129 Reflexed, bent, or turned backwards, as the chain of the sinister Supporter of the Royal Arms. 1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) vii. 147 Poa distans, L. (Reflexed Meadow-grass.) 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 277/1 Reflexed, looped, or draped, generally of a chain or cord attached to a beast's collar and carried over its back. 2003 Evolution 57 2744/1 The flowers have long narrow red corolla tubes, exserted anthers, reflexed lower lips. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > change of word order or position > specific transformations reflexed1836 pseudo-cleft1967 extraposed1972 fronted1972 extraposable1978 1836 C. S. Rafinesque in Amer. Nations Spring 66 The Resupinate or Reflexed Group [of American languages]: where the roots or nouns substantive are reversed, following the adjectives or epithetes, which are prefixed. 3. Of knowledge, a thought, action, etc.: turned or directed backwards or inwards. Cf. reflex adj. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction backward1552 reflexed1595 reverted1658 refluent1741 retroverse1841 rearward1843 revert1854 retral1885 the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > contemplation of self > [adjective] > turned inward reflexed1595 reflexive1615 reflex1625 reflexible?1642 reflect1647 introverted1782 1595 Problemes of Aristotle sig. G 5 A man by the authoritie of Plato, either is nothing, or if he bee any thing, is nothing els but his soule. Or is this because it cannot be done but by a reflexed action? a1622 N. Byfield Comm. 2nd Chapter of 1st Epist. St. Peter (1623) 755 Other creatures may see the things without them, but haue no power to see the things within them: onely man, hee hath a knowledge reflexed. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 107 Cheating has usually a reflexed efficacy, and deceives none more then those that use it. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 20 By considering the reflexed acts of our Understanding, whereby we know many acts of our own minds and Soul. 1714 W. Derham Physico-theol. (ed. 2) v. ii. 298 Comply with every Motion thereof, without any previous Thought or Reflext act. 1888 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (new ed.) VI. xv. 70 When we take a reflexed [1704 reflex] view of our past actions. 1905 M. E. Waller Sanna xxxii. 365 And at once reflexed thought showed him again the old man palsied, speechless, gasping in the Ancient Sally, on his last birthday. 1987 N. Brossard in P. O’Brien So to Speak 139 For me literature is memory, emotion, reflexed thoughts making their way into language and by doing so enlarging and transforming our knowledge. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] corollaryc1449 consequent1509 resulting?a1560 sequent1575 pursuant1593 following1594 ensuing1604 eventual1607 attendant1617 emergentc1619 resultant1639 resultative1645 consecutive1647 reflexed1653 redundant1654 reflex1654 consequential1655 resultive1655 attending1682 propter hoc1889 ensuant1897 sequential1899 pursuivant1941 1653 T. Fuller Perfection & Peace 15 Those who mark the Perfect and behold the Vpright, not only with a fore-cast, but chiefly with a reflexed look, cannot but be gainers thereby. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 71 This secondary and reflext Apology, for Christs Law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1425 |
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