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YOURSELF

\jɔːsˈɛlf], \jɔːsˈɛlf], \j_ɔː_s_ˈɛ_l_f]\

Definitions of YOURSELF

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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You in your own person; emphasized form of ye and you.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Your own self or person.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A reflexive and often emphatic form of the second-personal pronoun.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Yourselves; a compound of your, and self, used to express distinction emphatically between you and other persons; as,

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

pron. Your own person or self.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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