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Definition of Oneself
1. pron. A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
Definition of Oneself
1. Pronoun. The person, previously mentioned. ¹
2. Pronoun. A person's self - a general form of himself, herself or yourself ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oneself
1. a person's self [pron]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oneself
Literary usage of Oneself
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"Intrans. to anoint oneself, Ruth 3. 3. Dan. 10, 3 ; seq. ace. of ointment (comp.
nca Am. 6, ... HIPH. to anoint oneself 2 Sam. 12, 20. —But Part 7p?n Judg. ..."
2. A Grammar of the Greek Language: Chiefly from the German of Raphael Kühner by William Edward Jelf (1851)
"... to carry off for oneself the second prize ... to place oneself on, to attack :
xP"a' ' g've or apply ... to remind oneself, recordari = to remember: ..."
3. A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley (1871)
"Thus, usually, like a dative of interest, FOR oneself ... to sell a ship (give
it from and for oneself, for value received). — a. Sometimes in CAUSATIVE use ..."
4. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"... to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to
oneself in the presence of others. It is a weakness of the great to talk ..."
5. A Grammar of the Greek Language by William Edward Jelf (1881)
"... to lay oneself on something, io attach. ... to remind oneself, recordari = to
remember ... to lull oneself to sleep—to go to sleep, ..."