Definition of Himself

Him`self´
pron.1.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.
- Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field.
- 1 Sam. xx. 24.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
- Is. vii. 14.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.
- Titus ii. 14.
With shame remembers, while himself was one
Of the same herd, himself the same had done.
- Denham.
It comprehendeth in himself all good.
- Chaucer.
2.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.
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.
pron. pl.1.Themselves. See Hemself.


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