Reflexive
Reflexive (-?v) , adjective
[Compare French réflexif.]
1.
Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.
2.
Implying censure. [Obsolete]
What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?
3.
(Grammar) 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.