himself

  1. Pronoun.  The reflexive pronoun for God.
  2. Pronoun.  (reflexive) him; (non-gloss definition, the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject) .
  3. Pronoun.  (context, emphatic) he; (non-gloss definition, used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate) .
  4. Pronoun.  (context, now) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".

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