I. _(h)im, |him, _ēm pronoun, objective case of he
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, dative of hē he — more at he
1. : he I 1, 2, 3, 4:
a. — used as indirect object of a verb
friends who have given him the most sympathy — W.M.Thackeray
b. — used as object of a preposition
we may not fight a duel with Death nor engage in controversy with him — W.L.Sullivan
c. — used as direct object of a verb
I know him
d. — used in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition
the jacket fits you as well as him
give me the book rather than him
this treatment would be more beneficial to you than him
e. : used in absolute constructions especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle
I met him down near the river, at the height of the first run of fish, and him without his rod — Alasdair Carmichael
him being such a fool, the Fool Killer heard about him — Helen Eustis
f. — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers though disapproved by some grammarians in the predicate after forms of be, in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the subject of a verb, and in other positions where it is itself neither the subject of a verb nor the object of a verb or preposition
it was him
she is as tall as him
him and his promises!
g. — used in substandard speech and formerly also by reputable writers as the subject of a verb which it does not immediately precede or as part of the compound subject of a verb
damned be him that first cries “Hold, enough!” — Shakespeare
him and his wife was real old-timers — Vance Randolph
h. — used like the adjective his with a gerund by speakers and writers on all educational levels though disapproved by some grammarians
what do you think of him becoming a doctor
2. : himself — used reflexively as indirect object of a verb
he went to his … tailor … and got him a … gray spring suit — W.A.White
object of a preposition
he couldn't decide whether to have the package delivered or take it with him
or direct object of a verb
a child that … finds him suddenly in his mother's arms again — Nathaniel Hawthorne
II. ˈhim noun
( -s )
: man , boy
four hims and a her — Charles Dickens