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one⋅self

  [wuhn-self, wuhnz-]
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–pronoun
1. a person's self (used for emphasis or reflexively): One often hurts oneself accidentally.
—Idioms
2. be oneself,
a. to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
b. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
3. by oneself,
a. without a companion; alone.
b. through one's own efforts; unaided: to become a millionaire by oneself.
4. come to oneself,
a. Also, come to. to regain consciousness.
b. to regain one's self-possession; come to one's senses.
Also, one's self.
Origin:
1540–50; shortened form of one's self
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oneself 
1548, one's self. Hyphenated 18c.; written as one word from c.1827, on model of himself, itself, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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