ourself.
The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
Meaning & usage
The reflexive of the royal or editorial we: myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.
The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.
We should love our neighbor as ourself.
Reflexive of "we" referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care.
Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourself this morning?
Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourself?
The reflexive of we: ourselves.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English oure-selfe; equivalent to our + -self.
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