REFLEXIVE

reflexive. Reflexive, a. respecting something past

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Re‐flex″ive (–?v), a. 1. 1. [[Cf. F. réflexif.]] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond. 2. 2. Implying censure. “What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?” South.
3. 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.