Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
reflexive .
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- adjective grammar Abbreviation of
reflexive .
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Examples
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One by one I've exhausted the modes: hedonism, asceticism, spontaneity, refl ection, everything from miserable Socrates to the happy pig.
'The Last Werewolf' 2011
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Such return assumptions partly refl ect the heady years of the 1990s bull market.
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U.S. companies ' profits rose in the third quarter to an annual rate of $1.66 trillion, the highest on record, refl ecting the divergence between the recovery for the corporate sector and American households.
Corporate Profits Rise to Record Annual Rate Luca Di Leo 2010
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The Buddha refl ected on Brahma's plea as he was sitting next to a lotus pond.
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He spent many days continuing his meditation, refl ecting on his newfound freedom and the path that had led him to deliverance from all forms of suffering and confusion.
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He refl ected on this later, saying that during that time he sensed something was missing.
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The story of the world-breaking octupulets was speedily transformed from a celebratory refl ... digg
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Now, close to starvation and still totally committed to waking up from the delusions of attachment, aversion, and identifi cation that cause suffering, he refl ected back on his childhood experience of being at peace beneath the tree.
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The story of the world-breaking octupulets was speedily transformed from a celebratory refl ...
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He refl ected on the fi ve factors that had led to his spiritual awakening and labeled them faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom (which encompassed compassion).
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