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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. Pat Houston:

    Whitney prided herself on her family and that included her fans, she adored her audiences and that's why we know she would have loved this holographic theatrical concept.

  2. Anatoli Samochornov:

    She was expecting' something bigger' from the meeting only to find herself headed to Trump Tower without what she wanted.

  3. Shawn Holley:

    We are here because of the lies she told Trevor, and ultimately because of the lies she told herself.

  4. Chief James E. White:

    She made her choice that many people in the same circumstance would say they would make, but it's the first time I've ever seen anyone make it. She braced herself to be shot in the back of the head or in the back while she administered first aid, chief James E. White's( Davis) advancing on her with an assault rifle( sic). She's administering first aid... she glances back, braces herself and continues to apply direct pressure.

  5. Charles Kingsley:

    Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.

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