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Itself
//ɪtˈsɛlf// pron
Definitions
Pronoun
- 1 it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject neuter, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person
"When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us)."
- 2 it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
"The door itself is quite heavy."
- 3 it; used to refer back to an earlier subject archaic, emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person
"The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless."
Etymology
From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self.
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