Definition of Reflexive

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Reflexive

Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Implying censure.

Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective.

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Agent, Also, Antecedent, Applied, As, Backward, Bending, Bethought, Censure, Certain, Class, Direct, For, Having, Himself, Implying, Myself, Object, Of, Or, Past, Perjured, Pronoun, Reciprocal, Reflective, Respect, Said, Something, Subject, The, This, To, Turned, Which, Witness

Reflexive Translations

reflexive in German is reflexiv
reflexive in Spanish is reflexivo

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