himself */*/*/

himself */*/*/
weak [ɪmˈself] , strong [hɪmˈself]
pronoun
1) the REFLEXIVE form of ‘he', used for showing that the man, boy, or male animal that does something is also affected by what he does
William slipped once, but he didn't hurt himself.[/ex]
That man ought to be ashamed of himself.[/ex]
2) used for emphasizing that you are referring to a particular man, boy, or male animal and not to anyone else
It is said that Shakespeare himself once acted in this play.[/ex]
You mean to tell me Jack built the whole cabin himself?[/ex]
3) old-fashioned
used in a general way for referring back to the subject of a sentence when they may be either male or female
Everyone has to look after himself.[/ex]
See:
he
•
(all) by himself — 1) alone[/ex]
I noticed Ben sitting all by himself.[/ex]

— 2) without help from anyone else

There's too much work for one man to do all by himself.[/ex]
(all) to himself — not sharing something with anyone else[/ex]
It was the first time he'd had a room to himself.[/ex]
be/feel/seem himself — to be in a normal mental or physical state[/ex]
Joe felt more himself after a good night's sleep.[/ex]

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  • himself — O.E. him selfum, from HIM (Cf. him), dative/accusative personal pronoun, + SELF (Cf. self), here used as an inflected adjective …   Etymology dictionary

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  • himself — him|self W1S1 [ım self strong hım self] pron [reflexive form of he ] 1.) a) used to show that the man or boy who does something is affected by his own action ▪ In despair, the young boy had hanged himself. ▪ His name is James but he calls himself …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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