[it-self] 
| 1. | a reflexive form of it: The battery recharges itself. |
| 2. | an emphatic appositive of it, which, that, this, or a noun: which itself is also true; Even without flowers, the bowl itself is beautiful. |
| 3. | (used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb): The chameleon's ability to change color is a protection for itself. |
| 4. | its normal or customary self: After much tender care, the puppy was soon itself again. |
| it·self (ĭt-sělf') pron.
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