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Webster 1913 Edition
Yourself
Your-self′
,p
; ron.
pl.
Yourselves
. [
Your
+ self
.] An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; – used as a subject commonly with you;
as, you
; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; yourself
shall see itas, you have injured
. yourself
Of which right now ye han
yourselve
heard. Chaucer.
If
yourselves
are old, make it your cause. Shakespeare
Why should you be so cruel to
yourself
? Milton.
The religious movement which you
yourself
, as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last. J. H. Newman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Yourself
YOURSELF
, pron. Plu. Yourselves. [your and self.]1.
A word added to you, to express distinction emphatically between you and other persons. This work you must do yourself; or you yourself must do it; that is, you and no other person. Sometimes it is used without you. Allow obedience, if yourselves are old.
2.
It is used as the reciprocal pronoun. You love only yourself; you have brought this calamity on yourselves; be but yourselves.Definition 2024
Yourself
Yourself
See also: yourself
English
Pronoun
Yourself
- Alternative letter-case form of yourself often used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
yourself
yourself
See also: Yourself
English
Alternative forms
Pronoun
yourself (referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned, the reflexive case of you)
- (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
- Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
- You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
- You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
- After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
Translations
(reflexive) your own self
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you, used emphatically
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See also
English personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Type | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my, mine (archaic) |
mine |
| Second | — | you | you | yourself | your | yours, yourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Archaic | thou | thee | thyself, theeself |
thy, thine |
thine | ||
| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself, hisself (archaic) |
his | his, hisn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers, hern (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Neuter | it | itself | its | its | |||
| Indefinite | one | oneself | one's | — | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours, ourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours, yourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs, theirn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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