(1):
(a.) Implying censure.
(2):
(a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
(3):
(a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; - said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective.