himself Meaning, Definition & Usage

An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19.

David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24.

The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14.

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.

With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham.
✍ Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.
It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer.
One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.