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(-?v), a. 1. [Cf. F. rflexif.] 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. -- Reflex"ively, adv. -- Reflex"iveness, n. スポンサード リンク
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