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OURSELVES

\a͡ʊ͡əsˈɛlvz], \a‍ʊ‍əsˈɛlvz], \aʊə_s_ˈɛ_l_v_z]\

Definitions of OURSELVES

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Emphatic or reflexive form of we or us.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Of Ourself; we or us, not others.

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

Not another or other, used almost wholly in the plural, and by way of emphasis.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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