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reflexive

1. re.flex.ive \ri-'flek-siv\ \.re--.flek-'siv-*t-e-, ri-\ aj [ML 
   reflexivus, fr. L reflexus] 1: directed or turned back upon itself  2: of, 
   relating to, or constituting an action (as in "he perjured himself" ) 
   directed back upon the agent or the grammatical subject - re.flex.ive.ly av
2. reflexive n : a reflexive pronoun or verb