[ð_ɛ_m_s_ˈɛ_l_v_z], [ðɛmsˈɛlvz], [ðɛmsˈɛlvz]
Definitions of Themselves
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The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.
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The plural form of himself, herself, and itself; the emphatic or reflexive form of they or them.
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Of HIMSELF, HERSELF, and ITSELF.
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Plural of HIMSELF, HERSELF, ITSELF.
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The reciprocal form of they and them, and added to they by way of emphasis.
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An emphatic form of them; those very persons.
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Usage examples for Themselves
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She had more to say for herself, and laughed and talked with the gentlemen just as if she was one of themselves – The Hampstead Mystery by John R. Watson
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" They do not - but they can't help themselves – Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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The children may play about and amuse themselves – A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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His eyes, however, fixed themselves on Penny. – Left Tackle Thayer by Ralph Henry Barbour
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Kept very much to themselves did the Daleswood people. – Tales of War by Lord Dunsany
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Men talk things over among themselves just as you women talk after you leave the dinner- table. – The Firm of Nucingen by Honore de Balzac
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But a set of plug and collar gauges provide within themselves to a certain extent the means of testing them. – Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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8004. If they could please themselves do you think they might be able to buy cheaper? – Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
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But how was it likely to be as to the Doones themselves – Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore
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They could see it for themselves – Bob the Castaway by Frank V. Webster
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" They'd be sorry for themselves I'll bet," he added. – The Woman With The Fan by Robert Hichens
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We have cried all day, they had said to themselves we have cried all night. – Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome K. Jerome
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These men now find themselves with something to do, and with somebody to make them do it. – Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard Glazier
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And it was the business of the other sort to be, always, as strong as they sometimes thought themselves – The Story of Louie by Oliver Onions
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Maybe they didn't know themselves when it's going to happen. – Deadly City by Paul W. Fairman
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But we will let the company speak for themselves – The Old Bell Of Independence; Or, Philadelphia In 1776 by Henry C. Watson
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Moses was off for the evening, they had the house to themselves – In Her Own Right by John Reed Scott
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They don't think of any one but themselves – Best Russian Short Stories by Various
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Those are nice people, she remarked, for they have given their dog as good a house as they have given themselves – Sisters by Ada Cambridge
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Why do they feel for themselves so much more than they do for others? – Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor