Re-flĕx'ive, a.
a. 1. [Fr. réflexif, Pr. reflexiu.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond.
Sense 2. (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.