Him-sĕlf', pron.
pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun;—used as a subject with he; as, he himself will bear the blame;—used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective cases; as, it is himself; he washed himself.
With shame remembers, while himself was one. Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham.
But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24.
Sense 2. Having the command of himself; in his true character; of his natural temper and disposition, after or in opposition to wandering of mind, irregularity, or devious conduct, from derangement, passion, or extraneous influence; as, the man has come to himself, after delirious or extravagant behavior; let the man alone—let him act himself.
By himself, alone; unaccompanied; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.