HIMSELF Definition & Meaning

himself

[ him-self; medially im-self ]

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pronoun

an emphatic appositive of him or he ¹:
He himself spoke to the men.
a reflexive form of him:
He cut himself.
(used in absolute constructions):
Himself the soul of honor, he included many rascals among his intimates.
(used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb):
The old car had room only for himself and three others.
(used in comparisons after as or than ):
His wife is as stingy as himself.
his normal or customary self:
He is himself again.
Irish English. a man of importance, especially the master of the house:
Himself will be wanting an early dinner.

himself

/ ɪmˈsɛlf; hɪmˈsɛlf /

pronoun

1. the reflexive form of he or him
2. (intensifier)
  the king himself waved to me
preceded by a copula his normal or usual self
he seems himself once more
the man of the house
how is himself?

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Usage Note

See myself.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of himself¹

before 900; Middle English him selven, Old English him selfum, dative singular of hē self he himself; him, self

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of himself¹

Old English him selfum, dative singular of hē self; see he ¹, self

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Since he's been in office, he's completely dissolved any barrier between himself and the Department of Justice, and his Attorney General Pam Bondi is honored to be his loyal hatchet woman.

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His client was "not currently in mental crisis", he said, but had demonstrated harmful behaviours after his previous releases from jail, raising fears in his family that he may try to kill himself.

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Recent posts by Mr Escobar on LinkedIn detail trips to the UK and India, and he described himself as being "passionate" about developing high-performing teams to "positively transform people and organisations".

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“President Trump created maximum negotiating leverage for himself.”

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He’s called himself a “hoarder,” and that seems to include his own voluminous quantity of work.

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