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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Himself \Him*self"\, pronoun
1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries. --Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field. --1 Sam. xx. 24.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign. --Is. vii. 14.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. --Titus ii. 14.
With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. --Denham.
Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under {Him}.
It comprehendeth in himself all good. --Chaucer.
2. One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
{By himself}, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.
{To leave one to himself}, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Himself \Him*self"\, Himselve \Him*selve"\, Himselven \Him*selv"en\ (?), pronoun pl. Themselves. See {Hemself}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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