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himself

/hɪmˈsɛlf/ pronoun A2
  1. Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject · He injured himself.
  2. He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate · He was injured himself.

Plural themselves

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“You see,” said Danglars, “he fancies himself captain already, upon my word.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 5 · C1
“Yes, he likes to keep himself shut up in his little room.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 8 · C1
The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1
Not like the wild young men now-a-days, who think of nothing but themselves.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 278 · B2

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