(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.