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Webster 1913 Edition


Reflexive

Re-flex′ive

(-?v)
,
Adj.
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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reflexive

REFLEX'IVE

,
Adj.
Having respect to something past.
Assurance reflexive cannot be a divine faith.

Definition 2024


réflexive

réflexive

See also: reflexive

French

Adjective

réflexive

  1. feminine singular of réflexif