Reference meaning
herself
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Her; the feminine object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
Other meanings
2. pronoun
She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
3. pronoun
The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
4. pronoun
Honorific alternative letter-case form of herself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
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