himself

== English == === Alternative forms === Himself (honorific) himselfe (obsolete) himselve (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him +‎ -self. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɪmˈsɛlf/, /ɪ̈mˈsɛlf/ Hyphenation: him‧self Rhymes: -ɛlf === Pronoun === himself (the third person singular, masculine, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of he, feminine herself, neuter itself, plural themselves, gender-neutral singular himself or themselves or themself) (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject (emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate (Ireland, otherwise archaic) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself. Sir John Denham (1614-1669) With shame remembers, while himself was one / Of the same herd, himself the same had done. (Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others) ==== Synonyms ==== hisself hissen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== “himself”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “himself”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Flemish, flemish, mehfils