Definition of reflexive

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

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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..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well..
Greith :: Greith (v. t.) To make ready; -- often used reflexively.
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..
Reciprocal :: Reciprocal (a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action..
Get :: Get (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns..
Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc..
Behave :: Behave (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
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..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..
Pride :: Pride (v. t.) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- 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..
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively..
Wont :: Wont (v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.
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..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively..
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