Definition of reflexive

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Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

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Establish :: Establish (a.) To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns..
Resign :: Resign (v. t.) To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively..
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun.
Quit :: Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively..
Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.
Insoul :: Insoul (v. t.) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on..
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun..
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate..
Enroll :: Enroll (n.) To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well..
Have :: Have (v. t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion..
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun..
Yourself :: Yourself (pron.) An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..
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