Word of the Day: Reflect

reflect

re-flect / rĭ-flĕkt

 

verb

1. to think or meditate

If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

Voltaire, 1694 – 1778

 

2. embody or represent something in a faithful or appropriate way; to make apparent

We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

Pope John Paul II, 1920 – 2005

 

3. to throw or cast back (light, sound, heat, etc.) from a surface

Our eyes reflect light.

Olivier Theyskens, 1977 –

 

4. to mirror; to display or cast back an image

Muddied water does not reflect.

French Proverb

 

5. to bring as the result of

Wherever a deed is done by an American which reflects credit upon our country, each of us can walk with his head a little higher in consequence; and wherever anything happens through the fault of any of us that is discreditable it discredits all of us more or less. 

Theodore Roosevelt. 1858 – 1919

 

6. to bring disgrace, blame or dishonor

Such actions reflect poorly on the many women and men in public service that uphold high levels of ethics and who stand before you committed to change.

William I. Carter, ? –

 

7. to provide evidence of a characteristic of someone or something

Gifts reflect those who give them.

Chinese Proverb