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hərˈsɛlfher·self
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herselfpronoun
her;
She injured herself.
herselfpronoun
she;
She was injured herself.
herselfpronoun
A self-important female
What's herself up to this time?
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
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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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'herself' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #527
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'herself' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1739
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of herself in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of herself in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of herself in a Sentence
So, all in all we obviously don't [think] she is a hero, come on, it's ridiculous. She said herself that ‘we have been lying to you for years,’ we are not even sure if she is ‘for real’ to be honest, because in Russia s--t like that doesn't happen. But in either case it was useful on allied countries of Russia.
As far as Merkel's concerned, she ought to be ashamed of herself, what she's done.
Aidah was the youngest pregnant child we have ever got in almost a decade of our operations, but what shocked us even more was that the girl had been married off by her mother a year earlier and she also considered herself married.
Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing out of control, what Ms. Paltrow did that day was knock down Terry Sanderson, pick herself up, dust herself off and ski off without rendering any help.
Hillary's always surrounded herself with very good people. I think Hillary would do a good job.
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