Reference meaning

himself

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Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

Other meanings

2. pronoun

He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

3. pronoun

The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.

4. pronoun

The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

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