Grammar. Of speech, etc.: put in a reported form, with consequent change of person and tense; = indirect, adj. 3b. Now rare.

Grammar. Of speech or narration: Put in a reported form, not in the speaker's own words, but with the changes of pronouns, persons, tenses, etc…

Of a speaker: usually reported, or regarded as worth reporting, word for word. Obsolete.

Linguistics. That indicates or introduces reported speech.