meaning of reflexive
1. Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
2. Implying censure.
3. 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.
4. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agents action affects the agent
Related Words
reflexive | reflexive pronoun | reflexive verb | reflexiveness |
