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reflect (back) (up)on someone or something

to remember or think about someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) When I reflect back on the years I spent with my parents, I think I had a good childhood. I like to reflect on my great-grandmother.

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But I cannot forget the length of her visit to the Mainwarings, and when I reflect on the different mode of life which she led with them from that to which she must now submit, I can only suppose that the wish of establishing her reputation by following though late the path of propriety, occasioned her removal from a family where she must in reality have been particularly happy. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context I awoke rejoicing, and began to reflect on the glorious career before me. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context Give her time enough to reflect on what she has done, and to regret it (as I believe she will regret it) in secret; trust to my influence over her to plead your cause for you at every opportunity I can find; wait patiently for the right moment, and ask her again. No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context			rededicate oneself or to redound on reduce reduce by reduce from reduce to reduce to silence reduce to tears reduced to doing reed reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall reef a sail in reek of reel reel back reel in reel off reel under refer refer back to refer to refer to as refill a prescription reflect reflect credit on reflect on reflected in refrain from refresh refresh memory refresh with refund to refuse refuse to refuse to do regain regain composure regain feet regain from regale with regard regard as regard with regardless of register register as register for register in register on register with regress to			reflates reflates reflates reflating reflating reflating reflation reflation reflation reflationaries reflationary reflations reflations reflations REFLCS reflect reflect reflect reflect reflect reflect reflect again reflect badly on reflect badly on reflect badly on reflect credit on reflect discredit upon reflect honor on reflect honor upon Reflect Next Bus Signal reflect on reflect over reflect shame upon reflect upon reflect well on reflect well on reflect well on reflectance reflectance reflectance reflectance Reflectance at 837 Natural Melanin reflectance coefficient reflectance coefficient reflectance coefficient Reflectance Diffuse Optical Imaging Reflectance Diffuse Optical Tomography Reflectance Experiment Laboratory reflectance factor reflectance factor reflectance factor Reflectance In Situ Hybridization reflectance spectrophotometry Reflectance-Psi-Delta reflectances reflectances reflectances reflected reflected reflected reflected

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