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hərˈsɛlfher·self

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Wiktionary

  1. herselfpronoun

    her;

    She injured herself.

  2. herselfpronoun

    she;

    She was injured herself.

  3. herselfpronoun

    A self-important female

    What's herself up to this time?

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Herselfpronoun.

    The female personal pronoun, in the oblique cases reciprocal.

    The jealous o’er-worn widow and herself,
    Since that our brother dubb’d them gentlewomen,
    Are mighty gossips in this monarchy. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

    The more she looks, the more her fears increase,
    At nearer sight; and she’s herself the less. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Herself

    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. Herself

    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

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  1. Herself

    Herself is a film and tv character.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Herself

    hėr-self′, pron. the emphatic form of she in the nominative or objective case: in her real character: having the command of her facilities, sane.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'herself' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #527

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'herself' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1739

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of herself in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of herself in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of herself in a Sentence

  1. Brett Kavanaughs:

    She's in an immigration facility in the United States. She's from another country. She does not speak English. She's by herself.

  2. John Kinney:

    She's been here by herself for over 10 years, so I'm sure it's a big change for her, but she's warmed up to everybody, she's so happy, she's got all types of new friends. She's out here making lunch for us, laughing, joking. It's just a miracle to witness.

  3. Proverb:

    When a woman thinks by herself she thinks of evil.

  4. Rudy Giuliani:

    So yes, I respect all human beings, i even have to respect, you know, criminals. But I'm sorry, I don't respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who has great respect for herself as a woman and as a person and isn't going to sell her body for sexual exploitation.

  5. Sally Hodgdon:

    If a superior general is herself at ease to speak about this with her sisters, the sisters would also be at ease to speak to her if they have suffered abuse.

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