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ourselves

[ ahr-selvz, ouuhr-, ou-er- ]

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plural pronoun

a reflexive form of we (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the direct object of a preposition):
We are deceiving ourselves. Give us a moment to ourselves.
(used as an intensive with we ):
We ourselves would never say such a thing.
Informal. (used in place of we or us, especially in compound subjects, objects, and complements):
The children and ourselves thank you kindly. When it satisfies ourselves, it will be ready to market. The ones who really want the new system are the manager and ourselves.
(used in place of we or us after as, than, or but ):
How many parents are as fortunate as ourselves? No one loves skiing more than ourselves. Nobody heard it but ourselves.
our customary, normal, or healthy selves:
After a good rest, we're almost ourselves again.

ourselves

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1. the reflexive form of we or us
2. (intensifier)
  we ourselves will finish it
preceded by a copula our usual selves
we are ourselves when we're together
not_standard.
used instead of we or us in compound noun phrases
other people and ourselves

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1300–50; Middle English oure selven; our, self, -en ⁴, -s ³

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Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

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Maybe it’s time to stop dressing like everything is disposable, including ourselves.

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"Every day we were surprising ourselves, just being put in situations where you had to make difficult decisions," said Letitia.

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I’m going, “Hey, let’s take these guys out and introduce ourselves to their audience and then introduce them to our audience.”

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"We are actually imprisoned ourselves now in a small area and will be forever looking over our shoulders," said Ms King.

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