transcription, транскрипция: [ (h)im-ˈself, Southern also ]
-ˈsef pronoun
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : that identical male one — used reflexively, for emphasis, in absolute constructions, and in place of him especially when joined to another object
he considers himself lucky
he himself did it
himself unhappy, he understood the situation
a gift to his wife and himself
— compare he I
b. — used reflexively when the sex of the antecedent is unspecified
everyone must fend for himself
2. : his normal, healthy, or sane condition or self
hasn't been himself lately
3. chiefly Irish & Scottish : a man of consequence ; especially : the master of the house