Himself /(?)/
Him·self
Himself
pron.
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An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries.
David hid himself in the field.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.
With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done.
It comprehendeth in himself all good.
- One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
Phrases & Compounds
- By himself
- alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.
- To leave one to himself
- to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.
Himself
pron. pl.
- Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.]