Himself

pron.	1.	An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; - used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. But he himself returned from the quarries. - Judges iii. 19. David hid himself in the field. - 1 Sam. xx. 24. The Lord himself shall give you a sign. - Is. vii. 14. Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. - Titus ii. 14. With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. - Denham. It comprehendeth in himself all good. - Chaucer.
	2.	One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself. By himself alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. To leave one to himself to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.
pron. pl.	1.	Themselves. See Hemself.

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