OURSELF


Meaning of OURSELF in English

 ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ pronoun

Etymology: Middle English oure self

1. : myself — used to refer to the single-person subject when we is used instead of I (as in editorial style or as in the formal style often used by heads of state)

we ourself will obey our own law

2. : the self that each one of us separately possesses : the individual self that each one of us separately is

the being which is ourself — Wallace Fowlie

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.