[yoo
r-self, yawr-, yohr-, yer-] 
[-selvz] . | 1. | (an emphatic appositive of you or ye ): a letter you yourself wrote. |
| 2. | a reflexive form of you (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition): Don't blame yourself. Did you ever ask yourself “why”? You can think for yourself. |
| 3. | Informal. (used in place of you, esp. in compound subjects, objects, and complements): Ted and yourself have been elected. We saw your sister and yourself at the game. People like yourselves always feel like that. |
| 4. | (used in absolute constructions): Yourself having so little money, how could they expect you to help? |
| 5. | your normal or customary self: You'll soon be yourself again. |
| 6. | (used in place of you after as, than, or but): scholars as famous as yourselves; a girl no older than yourself. |
| 7. | oneself: The surest way is to do it yourself. |
| your·self (yŏŏr-sělf', yôr-, yōr-, yər-) pron.
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