The Collaborative International Dictionary
Himself \Him*self"\, pron.
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An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries.
--Judges iii. 19.David hid himself in the field.
--1 Sam. xx. 24.The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
--Is. vii. 14.Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.
--Titus ii. 14.With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done.
--Denham.Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.
It comprehendeth in himself all good.
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One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.
To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.
Usage examples of "by himself".
Goldfarb went back to the radar screens by himself, his head whirling.
Any man who lived by himself and didn't take advantage of the five-finger discount was a damn fool, as far as he was concerned.
Were he living by himself, he'd have had to get up and fetch them himself.
Let's say Tak is driving this thing that's happening to us all by himself now.
He mooned about the links by himself, playing a shocking game, and generally comported himself like a man who has looked for the escape of gas with a lighted candle.