Word Study
yourself
CIDE DICTIONARY
yourself, pron. [Your + self.].
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself. [1913 Webster]
"Of which right now ye han yourselve heard." [1913 Webster]
"If yourselves are old, make it your cause." [1913 Webster]
"Why should you be so cruel to yourself ?" [1913 Webster]
"The religious movement which you yourself, as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
yourself, pron. (pl. yourselves)
1 a emphat. form of YOU. b refl. form of YOU.
2 in your normal state of body or mind (are quite yourself again).
1 a emphat. form of YOU. b refl. form of YOU.
2 in your normal state of body or mind (are quite yourself again).
Idiom
be yourself act in your normal, unconstrained manner. how's yourself? sl. how are you? (esp. after answering a similar enquiry).
THESAURUS
yourself
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