himself

[ him-self; medially often im-self ]

/ hɪmˈsɛlf; medially often ɪmˈsɛlf /

pronoun

an emphatic appositive of him or he¹: 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.

Origin of himself

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

usage note for himself

See myself.

Words nearby himself

himes, himi, himmler, himmler, heinrich, hims, himself, himyarite, himyaritic, hin, hinahina, hinau

Example sentences from the Web for himself

In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.

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And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!

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Lucas said that he himself nonetheless hopes to become a cop.

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Unlike the characters he plays, men who came from nowhere and, as he himself puts it, “go home to nobody.”

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Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.

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It was Luke Marner himself who was going to America, and was going to write home to clear him.

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Breakfast over, each individual disposes of himself as best accords with inclination or interest.

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He was educated at Aberystwyth and at Llangeitho, and then himself kept school in both these places.

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I again refused, and we stood higgling, until we agreed that I should pay him six, and one by way of a dress for himself.

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One of the "owned" senators representing a decadent New England state, himself master of the state political machine.

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British Dictionary definitions for himself

himself

/ (hɪmˈsɛlf, medially often ɪmˈsɛlf) /

pronoun

the reflexive form of he or him
(intensifier)the king himself waved to me

(preceded by a copula) his normal or usual self he seems himself once more

Irish and Scot the man of the house how is himself?

Word Origin for himself

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

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