Reflexive
Pronunciation : Re*flex"ive (-v)
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Etym: [Cf. F. r?flexif.]
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Re*flex"ive
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: In a reflex manner; reflectively.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913