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Like us, she knows that that individual in the mirror is her.

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  1. noun A surface capable of reflecting sufficient undiffused light to form an image of an object placed in front of it. Also called looking glass.
  2. noun Something that faithfully reflects or gives a true picture of something else.
  3. noun Something worthy of imitation.

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  • Like us, she knows that that individual in the mirror is her. —  Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes
  • He straightened his clothing, which had been disarranged in his haste, gave a glance at himself in the mirror over the workbench--the mirror was there largely as a light reflector--and carefully restored a lock of his hair, which was plentiful, although a pale color. —  055 - The Feathered Octopus
  • All I see in the mirror is the reflection of a man's face. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 01 - July 1997
  • At one side of the mirror was a living being of some kind, but the intervening mists prevented Blake from making out any details beyond a hazy glimpse of a cluster of what seemed to be long slender snake-like black tentacles. —  Astounding Stories, February 1932
  • The vision in the mirror was the woman she might have been if she had taken a few different turns in life. —  Laura Lipmann - By a Spider's Tread
 

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  1. Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer, to look at, from Latin mīrārī, to wonder at, from mīrus, wonderful; see smei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also mirrour, myrror; from Middle English mirrour, myrrore, myrroure, myroure, mirour, from Old French mireor, mirour, mirur, French miroir = Provencal mirador = Italian miratore, miradore, a looking-glass (= Spanish mirador, a lookout, balcony: see mirador), from Middle Latin as if *miratorium, from Latin mirari, wonder at, Middle Latin mirare (later Italian mirare = Spanish Portuguese mirar = French mirer), look at, from mirus, wonderful: see admire, miracle.
  2. from mirror, n.
 

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/ˈmɪrər/
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