Reflectiveness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reflective \Re*flect"ive\ (r?*fl?kt"?v), a. [Cf. F.
     r['e]flectif. Cf. {Reflexive}.]
     1. Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
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              In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing


              her charms.                           --Prior.
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     2. Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective
        reason. --Prior.
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              His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus
              acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
                                                    --Motley.
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     3. Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a
        reflective person.
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     4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Re*flect"ive*ly}, adv. --
        {Re*flect"ive*ness}, n. "Reflectiveness of manner." --J.
        C. Shairp.
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