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herself

/hɝˈsɛlf/ pronoun A2
  1. Her; the feminine object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. · Sandra injured herself.· The United States is causing problems for herself with this policy.
  2. She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person . · She was injured herself.

Plural themselves

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But it was done somehow and smoothed down; and then Marilla, to get rid of her, told her she might go out-of-doors and amuse herself until dinnertime.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 43 · C1
Persuaded as Miss Bingley was that Darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best method of recommending herself; but angry people are not always wise; and in seeing him at last look somewhat nettled, she had all the success she expected.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 305 · B2
He then went away, and Miss Bingley was left to all the satisfaction of having forced him to say what gave no one any pain but herself.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 306 · B2
For this purpose she jumped upon a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 51 · B2

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