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Noun: reflexive verb
  1. A verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
    "the sentence 'he washed' has a reflexive verb"; "'perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself"

Derived forms: reflexive verbs

Type of: verb

Encyclopedia: Reflexive verb

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