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herself
CIDE DICTIONARY
herself, pron.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
herself, pron.
1 a emphat. form of SHE or HER (she herself will do it). b refl. form of HER (she has hurt herself).
2 in her normal state of body or mind (does not feel quite herself today).
1 a emphat. form of SHE or HER (she herself will do it). b refl. form of HER (she has hurt herself).
2 in her normal state of body or mind (does not feel quite herself today).
Idiom
be herself act in her normal unconstrained manner. by herself see by oneself.
Etymology
OE hire self (as HER, SELF)
ROGET THESAURUS
herself
Speciality
N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.For further exploring for "herself" in Webster Dictionary Online