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it self

it self is the obsolete form of itself.

it self is the misspelling of itself.

Meaning of itself

Pronoun

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

  1. (neuter, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
    • When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).
  2. (emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
    • The door itself is quite heavy.
  3. (archaic, emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject
    • The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.1842, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines

Words that rhyme with it self

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Questions about it self

What is it self the obsolete form of?
It self is the obsolete form of itself.

Words near it self in the dictionary

  1. IT law
  2. it me
  3. it never rains but it pours
  4. it never rains but that it pours
  5. it pays to advertise
  6. it self
  7. it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home
  8. it takes a heap of living to make a house a home
  9. it takes a lot of living to make a house a home
  10. it takes a village
  11. it takes a village to raise a child

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Adapted from Wiktionary: it self (page history and authors); itself (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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