Definition of reflexive

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Reflexive (a.) Implying censure.

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Oneself :: Oneself (pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns..
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..
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..
Give :: Give (n.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study..
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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..
Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To pride or value; -- used reflexively.
Express :: Express (a.) To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.
Address :: Address (v.) Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Surfeit :: Surfeit (v. t.) To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..
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..
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