ONESELF

Etymology

Pronoun

oneself (reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun one, formerly sometimes two words: one's self)

A person's self: general form of himself, herself or yourself.

Usage notes

This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.

Synonyms

• one's self

Source: Wiktionary


One`self", pron.

Definition: A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self. One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's self=one's self. Morris.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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