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REFLEXIVE VERB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
Example:
'perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reflexive verb" is a kind of...):
verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)
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