a. 1. [ Cf. F. réflexif. ] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. [ 1913 Webster ]
Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Implying censure. [ Obs. ] “What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?” South. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]