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Himself
//hɪmˈsɛlf// pron
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Pronoun
- 1 Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject masculine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person
"He injured himself."
- 2 Honorific alternative letter-case form of himself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific
- 3 He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate emphatic, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
"He was injured himself."
- 4 The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself. Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
"Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres."
- 5 The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others) Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
"Has himself come down to breakfast yet?"
Etymology
From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.
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