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oneself - 5 dictionary results

one⋅self

[wuhn-self, wuhnz-]
–pronoun
1. a person's self (used for emphasis or reflexively): One often hurts oneself accidentally.
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
one·self   (wŭn-sělf')   
pron.  
  1. One's own self:
    1. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: One can congratulate oneself on one's victories.
    2. Used in an absolute construction: When in charge oneself, one may rearrange the committees as one pleases.
  2. One's normal or healthy condition or state.

Oneself

One`self"\, pron. A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.

One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's self=one's self. --Morris.
Language Translation for : oneself
Spanish: se, sí mismo,
German: sich selber,
Japanese: 自身

oneself 
1548, one's self. Hyphenated 18c.; written as one word from c.1827, on model of himself, itself, etc.
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