Definition of reflexive

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Reflexive (a.) 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..

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Behave :: Behave (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
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..
Write :: Write (v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
Myself :: Myself (pron.) I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself..
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..
Deport :: Deport (v. t.) To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate..
Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.
Expatriate :: Expatriate (v. t.) Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively..
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..
Recollect :: Recollect (v. t.) Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle..
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..
Slue :: Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round..
Misdemean :: Misdemean (v. t.) To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation..
Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..
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..
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