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r-self, yawr-, yohr-, yer-]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –pronoun, plural -selves /-ˈsɛlvz/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-selvz]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. 1.(an emphatic appositive of you or ye): a letter you yourself wrote. 2.a reflexive form of you (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition): Don't blame yourself. Did you ever ask yourself “why”? You can think for yourself. 3.Informal. (used in place of you, esp. in compound subjects, objects, and complements): Ted and yourself have been elected. We saw your sister and yourself at the game. People like yourselves always feel like that. 4.(used in absolute constructions): Yourself having so little money, how could they expect you to help? 5.your normal or customary self: You'll soon be yourself again. 6.(used in place of you after as, than, or but): scholars as famous as yourselves; a girl no older than yourself. 7.oneself: The surest way is to do it yourself.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME; see your, self]
<LI type=a>Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or as the object of a preposition: Did you buy yourself a gift? <LI type=a>Used for emphasis: You yourself were certain of the facts.
Used in an absolute construction: In office yourself, you helped push the bill along.
Your normal or healthy condition: Are you feeling yourself again? See Usage Note at myself.
Rational Materialist;
Irreligious;
Big fan of Robert M. Pirsig;
Believe that the USA's only lasting legacy will probably be the 1st Amendment, though it may go into hiding for a few decades (or centuries).