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themselves definition

them·selves (t̸hem selvz′)

pronoun

a form of they, used:
  1. as an intensifier they saw it themselves
  2. as a reflexive they hurt themselves
  3. with the meaning “their real, true, or normal selves” [they are not themselves today]: in this construction them functions as an adjective and selves as a noun; when they are separated, the form their is used [their own sweet selves]

Etymology: Late (Northern) ME thaim selfe for ME hemselve(n) (see they) + -s, pl. suffix

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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