1. mirror, send back a mirror image; send back energy from a surface; send back, cause to return; express, give a particular impression; contemplate, think. reflectre*flect (r?*fl?kt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. reflecting.] [l. reflectere, reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. see: flexible, and cf. reflex, v.]