Category:Reflexive

Re*flex"ive (-v), a.

1. Etym: [cf. F. réflexif.]

Defn: bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to Something past. Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond.

2. Implying censure. [obs.] "what man does not resent an ugly Reflexive word" south.

3. (gram.)

Defn: 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. -- re*flex"ive*ly, adv. -- re*flex"ive*ness, n.

Reflexive Re*flex"ive, adv.

Defn: in a reflex manner; reflectively.