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Definition of Themselves
1. pron. The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.
Definition of Themselves
1. Pronoun. (''the reflexive case of '''they''', the third-person plural personal pronoun'') The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis. ¹
2. Pronoun. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Themselves
1. [pron]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Themselves
Literary usage of Themselves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"there they lay crying some time, for they could not get themselves out.1 Chr. Then
... Thus they lay bewailing themselves in the net. ..."
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