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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reflexive \Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a.
1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward;
reflective; having respect to something past.
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Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.
--Hammond.
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2. Implying censure. [Obs.] "What man does not resent an ugly
reflexive word?" --South.
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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.
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{Re*flex"ive*ness}, n.
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