Word definition: itself

Etimology


From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it +‎ -self.

pronoun


itself (the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, gender-neutral themself, plural themselves)

(reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

(emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Examples


The door closed by itself

Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne remedy againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as Peter de la Seine and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented Menelaus that was ſo often freed by Helenas faire face: and hTully, 3 Tusc. cites Epicurus as a chiefe patron of this Tenent.

The door itself is quite heavy.

The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.

Related words


synonyms

itsself (obsolete)

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