denoting a class of pronouns that refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause. Thus, in the sentence that man thinks a great deal of himself, the pronoun himself is reflexive

denoting a verb used transitively with the reflexive pronoun as its direct object, as the French se lever "to get up" (literally"to raise oneself") or English to dress oneself

of or relating to a reflex

(of a relation) holding between any member of its domain and itself

a reflexive pronoun or verb