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.
Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.
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.
Him*self" (?), Him*selve" (&?;), Him*selv"en (&?;), pron. pl.
Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.