Itself

//ɪtˈsɛlf// pron

Definitions

Pronoun
  1. 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. 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. 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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