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himselve

himselve is the obsolete form of himself.

Meaning of himself

Pronoun

himself (the third person singular, masculine, personal pronoun, the reflexive form of he, feminine herself, neuter itself, plural themselves, gender-neutral singular himself or themselves or themself)

  1. (masculine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
    • He injured himself.
  2. (emphatic, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
    • He was injured himself.
  3. (Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
    • Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 7, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  4. (Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
    • Has himself come down to breakfast yet?

Questions about himselve

What is himselve the obsolete form of?
Himselve is the obsolete form of himself.

Words near himselve in the dictionary

  1. himpathy
  2. hims
  3. himself
  4. himself/herself
  5. himselfe
  6. himselve
  7. himselves
  8. Himyar
  9. Himyaric
  10. Himyarite
  11. Himyarites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: himselve (page history and authors); himself (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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