himself /hɪmˈsɛlf/ pronoun4 •[with oneself] a man or a boy who is the one doing an action and also the one it is done toHe injured himself. •He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicateHe was injured himself. •(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres. — 1603 •(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)Has himself come down to breakfast yet?Have you seen himself yet this morning? formsthemselves · themself