itsself

Pronoun

itsself

1. (obsolete) Synonym of itself.
   • It will appear therefore, an ungrounded Hypotheſis to maintain, as ſome have done, that every Fruit or Seed ſhould contain in itsſelf all thoſe Trees and Fruits in Miniature, that were poſſible to be produced hereafter from them. / It is abundantly ſufficient, I think, that all ſuch Fruit, or Seed...1745, Benjamin Parker, A Survey of the Six Days Works of the Creation: Philosophically Proving the Truth of the Account Thereof, as Deliver’d by Moses in the First Chapter of Genesis, page 65
   • The affection for ſongs in the vulgar tongue began firſt to ſhew itsſelf in the provinces. […] All the old Lais were not, however, of this caſt, nor, indeed, is the etymology itsſelf to be haſtily admitted, the term being frequently applied to ſongs on the moſt light and joyous ſubjects. […] The...1783, A Select Collection of English Songs, page xix, xlvii, liii

   Synonyms:

   itself