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her·self (hər self′)

pronoun

a form of she, used:
  1. as an intensifier she said so herself
  2. as a reflexive she hurt herself
  3. with the meaning “her real, true, or actual self” [she is not herself today]: in this construction her functions as an adjective and self as a noun, and they may be separated [her own sweet self]
  4. Irish as a subject herself will have her tea now

Etymology: ME hire self < OE hire selfum, dat. sing. of hie self: see her & self

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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