Definition
A reflexive verb is a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at itself. It characteristically takes a reflexive pronoun as its object.
Examples
- He perjured himself.
- He shaved.
Sources 3
- Mish 1991, 990
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 194
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 356–358