Herself

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herself¹

  • /hɜːˈsɛlf/ UK
  • /(h)əsɛlf/ UK
  • /æˈsɛl/ Northumbria
  • /ɐˈsɛl/ Northumbria
  • /hɝˈsɛlf/ US
  • /ɚsɛlf/ US

Rhymes with -ɛlf

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From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.

pronoun she · himself · itself · themself · themselves

  1. feminine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third person Her; the feminine object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. Sandra injured herself.
  2. emphatic, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third person She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person . She was injured herself.
  3. Ireland, feminine, personal, pronoun, singular, third person The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others) What's herself up to this time?

Herself²

Rhymes with -ɛlf

pronoun

  1. honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of herself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.herself It is certain that Juan Diego was a virtuous man, who tried to direct his life along the road of righteousness, of honesty, of virtue, and to make all that pleased God bloom, who was chosen by the Mother of God Herself to be Her [i.e. the mother's] messenger.

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