himself

Definition

Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

Etymology

From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.

Example Sentences

• "He injured himself."
• "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines."
• "One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia."

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