itself

== English == === Alternative forms === it self, it selfe (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it +‎ -self. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪtˈsɛlf/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪtˈself/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ɪtˈsɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛlf === Pronoun === itself (the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, gender-neutral themself, plural themselves) (reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject ==== Synonyms ==== itsself (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === flites, elfist, filets, fistle, stifle, fliest