Definition of "himself" []

• That one identical with him: (pronoun)
• Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: He congratulated himself. (pronoun)
• Used for emphasis: He himself found the courage. (pronoun)
• Used in an absolute construction: In the black himself, he could offer financial assistance to his cousin. (pronoun)
• His normal or healthy condition or state: He's feeling himself again. See Usage Note at myself. (pronoun)

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• "Note that in ˜Pat thinks Chris treated himself/him™, the antecedent of ˜himself™ must be the subject of ˜treated™, while the antecedent of ˜him™ must not be."
• "The slaveholder, in making out his own title to himself, makes out the title of every human being to _himself_."
• ""_No man liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself_.""