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Note English verb (reflexive) (5)

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I believe the answer is:

breve

'note' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'english verb reflexive' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'reflexive' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'e'+'verb'='everb'
'everb' backwards is 'BREVE'.

(Other definitions for breve that I've seen before include "Rarely used musical note" , "Long note (mus.)" , "Accent - musical note" , "Note with the time value of eight crotchets" , "Long musical note" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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