himself pronoun

1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; – used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.

But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19.

David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24.

The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14.

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.

With shame remembers, while himself was one

Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham.

☞ Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.

It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer.

2. One’s true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.

By himself

alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.

To leave one to himself

to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.

Him-self′, Him-selve′, Him-selv′en (), plural pronoun Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.