HERSELF

Definition: HERSELF

HERSELF

Pronoun

1. Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself.

2. An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "HERSELF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Speciality

I, self, I myself; myself, himself, herself, itself.

Crosswords: HERSELF

'Every woman has her chairs, something she needs to put herself into, Banes (Phenomenon; writing credit: Gerald Di Pego)

I turn back, and Randa McKinning throws up all over herself. I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Together, they have taken in Dinah, a meta-human herself, with powers that she is only beginning to explore (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

Even the girl herself called us angels (We're No Angels; writing credit: Albert Husson; Ranald MacDougall)

Some fresh meat will be nice after that dried up beef jerky that calls herself Hunter (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg)

She'll let you into the parts of herself (SECRET GARDEN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man (Brown Eyed Handsome Man; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

But then she locks herself away (American Girls; performing artist: Counting Crows)

She just wants to love herself. (You Know You're Right; performing artist: Nirvana)

But no respect for herself (Youth Of The Nation; performing artist: P.O.D.)

Envy shoots at others and wounds herself. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

Behind every successful woman is herself. (references; author: unknown)

Himself as Herself (1967)

Fanny Foley Herself (1931)

The Woman Who Fooled Herself (1922)

Cheating Herself (1919)

Herself (1918)

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

Books

• Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey to Herself (Circles of Stones , Vol 1) (reference)

• Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself (reference)

• Herself Surprised (New York Review Books Classics) (reference)

• I Sit Listening to the Wind: Woman's Encounter Within Herself (Circles of Stones , Vol 2) (reference)

• Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

Plate 27. The Fur-seal. Callorhinus ursinus. a. Old "Seecatch" or male, 8 to 24 years old; b. Young "See-catch" 6 to 8 years old; c. "Holluschickie", or young males, 2 years old; d. "Matkah" or mother nursing her pup; e. "Cow" fanning herself; f. "Cow" sleeping; g. "Cow" napping and fanning herself; h. "Cow crooning to the male.; j. characteristic position of old males. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Giving herself insulin injections is part of everyday life ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P. Larsen..

... learns again to eat by herself, using a specially designed spoon. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Farkas..

Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", volume I, page 399, depicting the Confederate cruiser decoying ships toward herself by burning a prize vessel. Credit: NAVY.

Crewmembers of USS Omaha (CL-4) pose with U.S. and German flags, on board the captured German blockade runner Odenwald, in the South Atlantic. Life rings are present bearing the names Odenwald of Hamburg, and Willmoto of Philadelphia. The German ship had attempted to disguise herself as the Willmoto, an American-flag merchant steamer. Odenwald was captured by Omaha and USS Somers (DD-381) on 6 November 1941. This photograph is dated 18 November 1941. Credit: NAVY.

Selma threw herself at full length on the ground. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bess dragged herself to a top balcony of the house. Credit: Library of Congress.

A woman is admiring herself in a fur coat in a mirror at a department store while her husband looks disconsolately at the price tag] / P. Barlow. Credit: Library of Congress.

Geraldine Farrar listening to herself as Madame Butterfly. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pauline Clyburn, rehabilitation client at Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina, with chicken house she made herself. The window she took from her own bedroom. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But in beasts of prey the conjunction lasts longer: because the dam not being able well to subsist herself, and nourish her numerous off-spring by her own prey alone, a more laborious, as well as more dangerous way of living, than by feeding on grass, the assistance of the male is necessary to the maintenance of their common family, which cannot subsist till they are able to prey for themselves, but by the joint care of male and female. (Second Treatise of Government)

In no case can Germany avail herself of these instruments and she undertakes not to intervene in any way in negotiations relating to Egypt which may take place between Great Britain and the other Powers. (reference)

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She checked herself, however, and submitted quietly to a little more praise than she deserved

She came to admire him so much that his love for her affected her own self-esteem: She liked herself better because of him.

With hands clasped above her head, she rocked herself wildly to and fro.

"Anything," she said to herself as she left, "is better than this."

This image, so nearly identical with the living Pearl, seemed to communicate somewhat of its own shadowy and intangible quality to the child herself.

Catholic Spain was more Roman than Rome herself.

The girl helped herself up with her hands

I told my wife, she had been too thrifty, for I found she had starved herself and her daughter to nothing

She is not afraid to exhibit herself to them

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The person injures himself or herself during the seizure. (references)

Each woman should decide for herself whether to undergo mammography. (references)

These include gels, creams, or lotions that a woman could insert into the vagina prior to intercourse to prevent infection in both herself and her partner. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

The woman claimed that her mother was a Baha'i and she herself had been raised a Baha'i. (references)

Human Rights

Jamaica

An opposition parliamentarian claimed that police assaulted her, although she had identified herself. (references)

Hong Kong

In June 1999, the High Court dismissed a legislator's civil suit over the failure of the then-New China News Agency (NCNA) to respond within the PDPO-specified time frame to the legislator's request for information about herself in the agency's files, because the NCNA Director named in the suit was not in Hong Kong at the time the incident occurred. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

One woman presented herself as a candidate for election to the presidency. (references)

Travel

Turkey

A foreigner visiting any one of the large cities in Turkey will find himself or herself in an atmosphere similar to that of a contemporary western city. (references)

Women

Kuwait

In November an Asian maid committed suicide by burning herself to death. (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 "HERSELF": by herself ♦ she herself ♦ she let herself go ♦ to herself. Additional references.

Beginning with "HERSELF": herself-but.

Ending with "HERSELF": assertive-in-spite-of-herself.

Afrikaans

self (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Albanian

vetes (ourselves), veten (ourselves, themselves), vetë (by oneself, himself, in person, itself, mouth, myself, oneself, ourselves, person, personally, piece, themselves, thyself, yourself), ajo vetë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏في حجرتها, ‏نفسها (itself), ‏حالتها, ‏حدثت بنفسها. (various references)

Bulgarian 

себе си (himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), се (himself, itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves). (various references)

Chinese 

她自己 . (various references)

Czech

sobì (themselves), si (each other, for me, for myself, itself, themselves, to me, to myself, to yourself, yourself), sebe (itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, yourself), se (each other, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, with, yourself), ona sama, jí samé. (various references)

Danish

selv (even, himself, itself, self). (various references)

Dutch

zelf (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Esperanto

mem (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Faeroese

sjálvur (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Farsi 

خودان زن , خودش را. (various references)

Finnish

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

French

se, même, elle-même (her-self), elle (her). (various references)

Frisian

sels (himself, itself, self). (various references)

German

sich (aggregate, dared, durst, each other, federalize, 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, yourself, yourselves), selbst (even, her, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), selber (himself, itself, same, self, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

Greek 

αυτή η ίδια. (various references)

Hebrew 

עצמה (force, intensity, might, potency, power, strength, vigour, volume), בעצמה. (various references)

Hungarian

önmaga (himself, number one, oneself, self, selves), õt magát (himself), õ maga (himself, itself). (various references)

Icelandic

sjálfur (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Italian

stesso (ditto, equal, himself, I myself, ilk, itself, like, one, same, self, self-same, very). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

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

Japanese Katakana 

ごじしん (himself, yourself). (various references)

Korean 

그녀 자신. (various references)

Manx

ish (her, she), ee hene (her, itself, lady of the house, the missis, the wife). (various references)

Norwegian

henne selv, sjølv (himself, itself, self), selv (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Papiamen

mes (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Pig Latin

erselfhay.(various references)

Polish

sam (alone, himself, itself, only, self, sole, solitary), osobiście (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Portuguese

ela mesma (itself). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

chama-se (calls herself, calls himself, one calls). (various references)

Romanian

singur (a, alone, by, by oneself, himself, isolated, itself, lone, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, sole, solely, solitary, solo, yourself, yourselves), se (himself, it, itself, one, oneself, themselves, they), însãşi (oneself). (various references)

Russian 

собой (himself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourself, yourselves), себя (himself, itself, me, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), себе (himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourself, yourselves), сама (alone, itself, myself, self, thyself, yourself), мсама себя она. (various references)

Scottish

fhéin (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sebi samoj, ona sama. (various references)

Spanish

se (commit suicide, each other, for you, from them, from you, himself, itself, o.s., one, oneself, self, themselves, yourself, yourselves), sí misma (itself, o.s., oneself, yourself), sí (ay, aye, himself, o.k., o.s., ok, okay, okey, oneself, sure, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yourself, yourselves), ella misma (itself). (various references)

Sranan

srefi (himself, itself, self), eygi (himself, itself, own, personal, self). (various references)

Swahili

-enyewe (himself, itself, self), enyewe (himself, itself, self). (various references)

Swedish

själv (by itself, himself, itself, myself, on one's own, oneself, self, very, yourself, yuorself....), sig själv (by oneself, himself, itself, oneself, onself). (various references)

Turkish

kendisi (he who, her, himself, itself, oneself), kendini (himself, itself, oneself), kendine (her, him, himself, oneself, self), kendinde (collected, himself), kendi (auto-, him, himself, its, itself, of one's own, oneself, own, respective, self), bizzat (himself, in person, itself, myself, personally). (various references)

Turkmen 

цz (himself, self). (various references)

Ukrainian

собі (itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves), собою (oneself, ourself, yourself, yourselves), себе (him, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, them, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), сама (itself, self, yourself). (various references)

iessui, ipsa, ipsae, ipsaeque, ipsam, ipsamque, ipsaque, ipsarum, ipsas, ipsasque, ipse, ipse ipsa ipsum, ipsi, ipsique, ipsis, ipsius, ipso, ipsorum, ipsos, ipsosque, ipsud, ipsum, ipsumque, isse, sara, saria, se, secum, semet, seque, sese, sibi, sibimet, sui. (various references)

hvatô. (various references)

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

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

Misspellings

"HERSELF" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beersele, Cherzeel, Eersel, erself, hasrul, Helsel, Hensels, Henselt, herishef, herseelf, Hershelle, Hertslet, hirnself, Hirzel, hitself, yersel. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: flesher.

-1 letter: fleers, refels.

-2 letters: feels, feres, fleer, flees, flesh, frees, fresh, heels, heres, herls, leers, lehrs, reefs, reels, refel, sheer, shelf.

-3 letters: eels, else, feel, fees, fehs, fere, flee, free, heel, here, herl, hers, leer, lees, lehr, reef, reel, rees, refs, resh, seel, seer, self, sere, serf.

-4 letters: eel, efs, elf, els, ere, ers, fee.

+1 letter: feldsher, fleshers, fleshier.

+2 letters: feldshers, fleshlier, fletchers, freeholds, hellfires, reshuffle, shellfire.

+3 letters: fatherless, feverishly, freewheels, horseflesh, horseflies, parfleches, parfleshes, reshuffled, reshuffles, shellfires.

+4 letters: featherless, fleahoppers, freeholders, leafhoppers.

+5 letters: anglerfishes, cheerfullest, cheerfulness, chesterfield, fatherliness, fluegelhorns, freewheelers, horsefleshes, refreshingly, shellfishery, silverfishes, whiffletrees.