HERSELF

Pronoun

Herself

Honorific alternative letter-case form of herself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Anagrams

• Flesher, flesher

Etymology

Pronoun

herself the third person singular, feminine, personal pronoun (the reflexive form of she, masculine himself, neuter itself, plural themselves)

(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

(emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.

(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

Anagrams

• Flesher, flesher

Source: Wiktionary


Her*self", pron.

1. An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself.

2. Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself. By herself, alone; apart; unaccompanied.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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