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him⋅self

  [him-self; medially often im-self]
–pronoun
1. an emphatic appositive of him or he: He himself spoke to the men.
2. a reflexive form of him: He cut himself.
3. (used in absolute constructions): Himself the soul of honor, he included many rascals among his intimates.
4. (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.
5. (used in comparisons after as or than): His wife is as stingy as himself.
6. his normal or customary self: He is himself again.
7. Irish English. a man of importance, esp. the master of the house: Himself will be wanting an early dinner.
Use himself in a Sentence
Origin:
bef. 900; ME him selven, OE him selfum, dat. sing. of hē self he himself; see him, self

Usage note:
See myself.
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him·self   (hĭm-sělf')   
pron.  

  1. That one identical with him:

    1. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: He congratulated himself.

    2. Used for emphasis: He himself found the courage.

    3. Used in an absolute construction: In the black himself, he could offer financial assistance to his cousin.

  2. His normal or healthy condition or state: He's feeling himself again. See Usage Note at myself.


[Middle English, from Old English himselfum : him, him; see him + selfum, dative of self, self; see self.]
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