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Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well..

Perjure :: Perjure (v. t.) To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself..

Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To pride or value; -- used reflexively.

Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..

Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..

Ingratiate :: Ingratiate (v. t.) To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought..

Quit :: Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively..

Excito-secretory :: Excito-secretory (a.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..

Reciprocal :: Reciprocal (a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action..

Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole..

Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.

Greith :: Greith (v. t.) To make ready; -- often used reflexively.

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively..

Reflexion :: Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.

Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.

Write :: Write (v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..

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