ourselves

Ourselves is a form of the word "we" and is used when you are referencing something that happened to you and one or more others.

(pronoun)

An example of ourselves is a woman saying she and her husband asked themselves if they wanted to buy a house, specifically, "We asked ourselves."

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See ourselves in Webster's New World College Dictionary

pronoun

a form of we, used:
  1. as an intensifier: we ourselves saw it
  2. as a reflexive: we hurt ourselves
  3. with the meaning “our real, true, or normal selves” [we are not ourselves when we are upset]: in this construction our functions as an adjective and selves as a noun, and they may be separated [our own sweet selves]

Origin: LME ure selves, for Midland ure selven, replacing us selven, lit., us selves

See ourselves in American Heritage Dictionary 4

pron.
  1. Those ones identical with us.
    a. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: We bought ourselves an espresso machine.
    b. Used for emphasis: We ourselves were certain of the facts.
    c. Used in an absolute construction: Feeling chilly ourselves, we moved the party indoors.
  2. Our normal or healthy condition or state: We're feeling ourselves again after our bout with the flu. See Usage Note at myself.

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