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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.
Assurance reflexive cannot be a divine faith.