reflexive verb

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Noun reflexive verb has 1 sense

reflexive verb - 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"
--₁ is a kind of verb

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Reflexive Verb

A reflexive verb is a verb that is used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate that the action of the verb reflects back onto the subject. In other words, the subject and the object are the same entity.

Example Sentence:

"She combed her own hair."

"He hurt himself while playing soccer."

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