Definition of reflexive

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Reflexive (a.) Implying censure.

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Demean :: Demean (v. t.) To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Reflective :: Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself..
Comport :: Comport (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively..
Shrive :: Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively..
Betake :: Betake (v. t.) To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
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..
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- 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..
Steal :: Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate..
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.
Wont :: Wont (v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.
Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- 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..
Get :: Get (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
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..
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