Definition of reflexive

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

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Range :: Range (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc..
Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To throw down, or cause to fall in humility or adoration; to cause to bow in humble reverence; used reflexively; as, he prostrated himself..
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..
Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
Demean :: Demean (v. t.) To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun..
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
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..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..
Bethink :: Bethink (v. t.) To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought..
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself..
Behave :: Behave (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..
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..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..
Misdemean :: Misdemean (v. t.) To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self..
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