himself

1. 1.Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

   • Tom lives here all by himself.
   • Tom said he was enjoying himself.
   • Did Tom draw this picture by himself?

2. 2.He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

   • Tom lives here all by himself.
   • Tom said he was enjoying himself.
   • Did Tom draw this picture by himself?

3. 3.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)

   • Has himself come down to breakfast yet?
   • Have you seen himself yet this morning?

4. 4.The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.

   • Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
   • With shame remembers, while himself was one / Of the same herd, himself the same had done.
   • Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.

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