Re*flex"ive (-?v), a. 1. [Cf. F.
réflexif.]
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.) 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.
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