YOURSELF

Definition: YOURSELF

YOURSELF

Pronoun

1. An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "YOURSELF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Yourself \Your*self"\, pron.; plural Yourselves. [Your + self.]. (references)

Then hit yourself over the head with a baseball bat, would you please (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

You've gotta control yourself and think of something non-sexual (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Fact is, you demolished that Chrysler all by yourself. (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Better yet better get better get over yourself (Get Over Yourself; performing artist: Eden's Crush)

She said don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself (Keep Your Hands To Yourself; performing artist: Georgia Satellites)

So don't play yourself (Where My Girls At; performing artist: 702)

Now would you be yourself (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Get into the zone baby and do yourself a favor (Just Push Play; performing artist: Aerosmith)

When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Never give yourself a haircut after three margaritas. (references; author: unknown)

Automatic" simply means that you can't repair it yourself. (references; author: unknown)

Being yourself is being the person everyone else wants you to be. (references; author: unknown)

Do It Yourself (1969)

Suit Yourself (1966)

Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)

Speak for Yourself Mean Moe (1963)

Behave Yourself (1962)

Keep Your Hands To Yourself (performing artist: Georgia Satellites)

ENJOY YOURSELF (performing artist: JACKSONS)

Express Yourself (performing artist: Madonna)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Eat Yourself Thin Like I Did!: Quick and Easy Low Carb Cookbook (reference)

• Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work: Simple Ways to Minimize Stress and Conflict While Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and Others (reference)

• Sams Teach Yourself Acid 3.0 in 24 Hours (reference)

• All-Day Nightmare (Give Yourself Goosebumps, 42) (reference)

• Falling In Love With Jesus Abandoning Yourself To The Greatest Romance Of Your Life (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Do It Yourself Retailing (reference)

• Invest Yourself (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Reiki 1st Level Attunement give healing energy to yourself & others (reference)

• Calm Yourself With Video Aspirin (reference)

• The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself (reference)

• Safety Awareness: A Commitment To Yourself (reference)

• Teach Yourself Knots & Splices (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Home Is Where You Hang Yourself 2.0 (reference)

• Keep Yourself Amused (reference)

• Brace Yourself [EP] (reference)

• Let Yourself Go with Rob Fisher and the Coffee Club Orchestra (reference)

• Delete Yourself (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SAMS TEACH YOURSELF LOTUS NOTES (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Espresso Yourself by Frank Ottomanelli (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Schistosomiasis warning signs (Do not bathe yourself here. There is Bilharzia). Puerto Rico, 1954. Credit: CDC.

Caption: Publicity Shot, "If You Could See Yourself Dictating," "Phantom" View of Executive Standing at Desk Watching Himself Dictate to Stenographer Seated at Left; Unknown Date; {29.320/257} (jpg).

"Smoke and you destroy yourself." / WHO/Novosti photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Don't be a casualty of casual sex. : why take chances? protect yourself. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

It is thrilling to find yourself dancing the one-step with a total stranger in uniform. Credit: Library of Congress.

Say, yourself, your mouth's open. Credit: Library of Congress.

You wouldn't want to expose yourself to a sinful place like Paris!. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Ifsh you could shee yourself th' way I shee you, you would be 'stonished too". Credit: Library of Congress.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself / Den. Credit: Library of Congress.

Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and learn a trade in the Ordnance Dept. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Were you, yourself, ever to marry, she is the very woman for you.

By the way, the tune was rather a curious one, and you might like to try it yourself, so here are the notes

There really wast a lot this machine could do that you couldt do yourself in half the time with a lot less trouble, said Richard, "but it was, on the other hand, very good at being a slow and dim-witted pupil.

You felt yourself beneath the eye of somebody whom you did not see, and that the whole length of the street was held under aim.

Go on yourself.

PUT YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR MISERY

Ay, I thank God, my father, and yourself.

If you who own the things people must have could understand this, you might preserve yourself.

Thus much I thought proper to tell you in relation to yourself, and to the trust I reposed in you.

From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Take care of yourself. (references)

Set a drinking goal for yourself. (references)

Wash your hands to protect yourself. (references)

Business

Further, we believe it is critical to do this work yourself. (references)

Economic History

China

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with TDA's mission and funding criteria, and discuss your project with a TDA representative prior to preparing a written proposal. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Effort should be spent on introducing yourself, your company and objectives in the Vietnamese market place. (references)

Egypt

Find yourself a good local representative with the help of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service at the American Embassy or a reliable business group. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "YOURSELF": behave yourself ♦ by yourself ♦ do it yourself ♦ do it yourself or go without ♦ don't fash yourself ♦ don't put yourself out! ♦ get yourself a drink ♦ get yourself lost! ♦ help yourself ♦ look after yourself ♦ make yourself a drink ♦ make yourself at home! ♦ make yourself comfortable! ♦ park yourself here! ♦ please yourself ♦ put yourself in my place ♦ put yourself in my position ♦ suit yourself ♦ to yourself ♦ you can count yourself lucky ♦ you may please yourself about it. Additional references.

Beginning with "YOURSELF": yourself-exploring, yourself-on, yourself-to, yourself-what.

Ending with "YOURSELF": Brew-it-yourself, build-it-yourself, doing-it-yourself, do-it-yourself, drive-yourself, fancy-yourself, first-do-it-yourself, help-yourself, organise-it-yourself, suit-yourself, teach-yourself.

Containing "YOURSELF": do-it-yourself-stores, drive-yourself car, keep-yourself-fit, play-with-yourself-in-a-day, teach-yourself book, teach-yourself-photography, throw-yourself-off.

Afrikaans

uself. (various references)

Albanian

vetja juaj, vetja jote, vetë (by oneself, herself, himself, in person, itself, mouth, myself, oneself, ourselves, person, personally, piece, themselves, thyself), ti vetë (myself, thyself), ju vetë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفسك (thyself), ‏بنفسك. (various references)

Bulgarian 

себе си (herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, thyself, yourselves), самият (itself, self, very), сам (alone, lone, lonely, odd, oneself, single, single handed, singly, solitary, solo, solus, unaccompanied), ти (thee, thou, ye, you). (various references)

Catalan

se. (various references)

Chinese 

� 自己 (thyself). (various references)

Czech

si (each other, for me, for myself, herself, itself, themselves, to me, to myself, to yourself). (various references)

Dutch

uzelf. (various references)

Esperanto

vi mem. (various references)

Farsi 

خودشما, شخص شما. (various references)

Finnish

itse (herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, yourselves). (various references)

French

vous-même, vous (for you, from you, to you, you, you all), toi-même, te (to you, you), soi même. (various references)

French Canadian

appelez-vous (call yourself). (various references)

German

selbst (even, her, herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, yourselves), sich (aggregate, dared, durst, each other, federalize, herself, him, himself, itself, one another, oneself, self, themselves, to herself, to himself, to itself, to oneself, to realize, to stretch, to themselves, to yourself, to yourselves, yourselves). (various references)

Greek 

σύ ο ίδιοσ (thyself), το εαυτόν σου, οι εαυτοί σας / εσείς οι ίδιο, οι εαυτοί σας / εσείς, ο εαυτός σας (yourselves), ο εαυτός σου / σας, ο εαυτός σου. (various references)

Hebrew 

עצמך (thyself). (various references)

Hungarian

saját magad, magadat, magad. (various references)

Italian

ti (thee, thyself, to you, ye, you), si (hello, herself, himself, itself, one, oneself, themselves, yea, yep, yes, you). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

御自身 (herself, himself). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"じし�" (herself, himself). (various references)

Luganda

okwetegeka (preparing yourself). (various references)

Manx

uss (thee, thee emph, thou, you), shiuish (ye, you, yourselves), shiu hene, oo hene (thyself). (various references)

Norwegian

du selv, de selv. (various references)

Pidgin English

yurself. (various references)

Pig Latin

yourselfay.(various references)

Portuguese

você mesmo. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

divirta-se (enjoy yourself). (various references)

Romanian

vã (to you, you), tu însuţi, tu (thou, thyself, ye, you), te, singur (a, alone, by, by oneself, herself, himself, isolated, itself, lone, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, sole, solely, solitary, solo, yourselves), dumneata (you), însãţi (thyself). (various references)

Russian 

собой (herself, himself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourselves), себя (herself, himself, itself, me, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, us, yourselves), себе (herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourselves), сама (alone, herself, itself, myself, self, thyself), сам (alone, himself, itself, myself, self, the very, thyself), мсами себя вы. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sebe (himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, themselves), se (itself, myself, oneself, ourself, themselves), sami (ourselves, yourselves), sam (alone, by himself, mere, mono-, myself, oneself, self, very). (various references)

Sotho

itokiseditse (prepared yourself), itlhokomele (take care of yourself). (various references)

Spanish

se (commit suicide, each other, for you, from them, from you, herself, himself, itself, o.s., one, oneself, self, themselves, yourselves). (various references)

Swedish

själv (by itself, herself, himself, itself, myself, on one's own, oneself, self, very, yuorself....), dig själv, dig (dug, thee, thyself, ye, you). (various references)

Thai

ตามใจคุ�" (suit yourself). (various references)

Turkish

kendiniz (yourselves), kendin (by yourself, thyself), kendíníz. (various references)

Ukrainian

собі (herself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, yourselves), собою (herself, oneself, ourself, yourselves), себе (herself, him, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, them, themselves, thyself, us, yourselves), самі (ourselves, themselves), сама (herself, itself, self), сам (alone, by himself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, self). (various references)

Xhosa

ukuzihambela (To go by yourself). (various references)

te, tecum, tecumque, temet, teque, tibi, tibimet, tibique, tu, tui, tune. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"YOURSELF" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oursel, ourself, yersel, youeself, yourse, yourselfs, youself. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: elusory, ourself.

-2 letters: fleury, flours, floury, fluors, flyers, fouler, foyers, sorely, sourly, surely.

-3 letters: euros, ferly, fleys, floes, flour, flues, fluor, flyer, fores, fouls, fours, foyer, froes, fuels, furls, fusel, lores, loser, lours, loury, louse, lousy, lures, lyres, orles, ousel, oyers, refly, roles, rolfs, roues, rouse, rules, slyer, sorel, sulfo, surfy, surly, yores.

+1 letter: profusely.

+3 letters: ferociously, nefariously, reposefully.

+4 letters: perfidiously, purposefully, remorsefully, sulfonylurea, surefootedly, vociferously.

+5 letters: odoriferously, pestiferously, resourcefully, sulfonylureas, superfluously.