ourself

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/(ˌ)aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/
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/(ˌ)aʊə(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/ · /(ˌ)ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛlf/ · /wɐˈsɛl/ · /wəˈsɛl/

Definition of ourself

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

pron

  1. (first-person, pronoun, reflexive)The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
    “In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.”
    “Without in any way committing ourself upon this point, we have merely to observe, that we are ready to receive sealed offers containing a full specification of age, temper, appearance, and condition[…]”
    “He then offered to guide us down to see for ourself, but one look down that dark hole to the water about 60 feet below completely dampened our speluncean ardor.”
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pron

  1. (first-person, pronoun, reflexive)The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
    “In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.”
    “Without in any way committing ourself upon this point, we have merely to observe, that we are ready to receive sealed offers containing a full specification of age, temper, appearance, and condition[…]”
    “He then offered to guide us down to see for ourself, but one look down that dark hole to the water about 60 feet below completely dampened our speluncean ardor.”
  2. (first-person, pronoun, reflexive)The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.
    “We should love our neighbor as ourself.”
  3. (colloquial, first-person, form-of, reflexive)Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.
    “Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourself this morning?”
    “Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourself?”
  4. (first-person)The reflexive of we: ourselves.

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Etymology

From Middle English oure-selfe; equivalent to our + -self.

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