01 a. Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
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Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.“Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.” — Hammond.
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Implying censure.[Obs.]
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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.(Gram.)