What does ourselves mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of ourselves
 

Myself \My*self"\, pron.; pl. Ourselves. I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Ourselves \Our*selves"\, pron. ; sing. Ourself (?). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.

We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further then we usually do. --Locke.

Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand. --Dryden.

Note: The form ourself is usec only in the regal or formal style after we or us, denoting a single person.

Unless we would denude ourself of all force. --Clarendon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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