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REFLEXIVE VERB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reflexive verb mean?
• REFLEXIVE VERB (noun)
The noun REFLEXIVE VERB has 1 sense:
1. a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
Familiarity information: REFLEXIVE VERB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
'perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself
Hypernyms ("reflexive verb" is a kind of...):
verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)
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