Re*flex"ive (-?v), a.
1. [Cf. F. r'eflexif.]
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, n.
© Webster 1913.