ourself pronoun. [aʊǝ'sɛlf] See also OURSELVES. ME.
[from OUR pronoun + SELF adjective (but long interpreted as from OUR adjective + SELF noun).]
I. refl.
1. Refl. form (indirect, direct, & after prepositions) corresp. to the subjective pronoun we: (to, for, etc.) our particular group of people personally, us as individuals; (to, for, etc.) me, oneself personally. ME.
Times The answer..becomes evident the moment we immerse ourself in Eckhart's writings.

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ourself
II. Orig. emphatic.

2. In apposition to the subjective pronoun we or (rarely) us: our particular group of people personally; myself, oneself personally. LME.

3. (Not appositional.)
a. Subjective: we ourselves, I myself (now arch. & rhet.); (pred. after be & after than, as) us as individuals. LME.
■ Tennyson Were you sick, ourself Would tend upon you.
■ M. Warnock When we are telling our own story the central figure is, of course, ourself.
b. Objective: our particular group of people; myself, oneself. arch. E16.

► Orig. treated as pl. (= OURSELVES), now chiefly sing., corresp. to OUR adjective 3, 4. Used in place of ourselves esp. when we refers to an individual or is not definitely plural, as in royal pronouncements or newspaper editorials.

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