REFLEXIVE


Meaning of REFLEXIVE in English

adj implying censure.

2. reflexive ·adj bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

3. reflexive ·adj 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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