himself

[him-self, im-self]

pronoun

1. an emphatic appositive of him or he.

   He himself spoke to the men.

2. a reflexive form of him.

   He cut himself.

3. (used in absolute constructions).

   Himself the soul of honor, he included many rascals among his intimates.

4. (used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb).

   The old car had room only for himself and three others.

5. (used in comparisons after as orthan ).

   His wife is as stingy as himself.

6. his normal or customary self.

   He is himself again.

7. Irish English.,  a man of importance, especially the master of the house.

   Himself will be wanting an early dinner.

himself

/ ɪmˈsɛlf, hɪmˈsɛlf /

pronoun

1. 1. the reflexive form of he or him

   2. (intensifier)

      the king himself waved to me

2. (preceded by a copula) his normal or usual self

   he seems himself once more

3. the man of the house

   how is himself?

Usage

See myself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of himself¹

before 900; Middle English him selven, Old English him selfum, dative singular of hē self he himself; him, self

Word History and Origins

Origin of himself¹

Old English him selfum, dative singular of hē self; see _he ¹ , _self

Example Sentences

It was as the morning interview and phone-in show host on LBC from 1976 that he properly began to make a name for himself.

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Musk got this “suicidal empathy” language from Gad Saad, a Canadian college professor who falsely presents himself as an “evolutionary behavioral scientist.”

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Remarkably, at the age of 34, Spencer found himself back in county cricket on trial at Sussex in the summer of 2006.

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Gave away a penalty against Leeds, but I thought he played relatively well and scored himself.

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He runs a podcast called Bring The Noise, and has filmed himself interviewing women about their safety around the asylum hotels.

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