01 pron. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used al…
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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.” — 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.
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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.
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.