Her-self', pron.

pronoun

Sense 1. An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun, used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; — used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she washed herself.

Sense 2. In her ordinary, true, or real character; hence, in her right mind; sane; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself; the woman acts like herself.

By herself, alone; apart; unaccompanied; as, she sits by herself.