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Webster 1913 Edition


Myself

My-self′

,
p
ron.
;
pl.
Ourselves
.
I or me in person; – used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; – used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis;
as, I will defend
myself
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Myself

MYSELF'

, pron. A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and another person; as, I myself will do it; I have done it myself.
1.
In the objective case, the reciprocal of I. I will defend myself.
2.
It is sometimes used without I, particularly in poetry.
Myself shall mount the rostrum in his favor.