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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reflexive \Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a.
     1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward;
        reflective; having respect to something past.
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              Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.


                                                    --Hammond.
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     2. Implying censure. [Obs.] "What man does not resent an ugly
        reflexive word?" --South.
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     3. (Gram.) 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.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Re*flex"ive*ly}, adv. --
        {Re*flex"ive*ness}, n.
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