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Yourself has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Pron

Definitions
Pron
1

Your own self (singular).

"In his sermon about divine grace, the preacher addressed himself as Yourself to emphasize the majesty of the speaker."

2

Honorific alternative letter-case form of yourself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

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Origin

Yourself is a compound word formed from the pronoun your and the reflexive suffix -self, which has been used together since Middle English to refer back to the person being addressed. The term entered modern usage as a direct combination of these existing elements without any shift in its fundamental meaning.

Rhyming Words
elf delf self pelf guelf shelf atself unself emself coself yoself urself meself itself myself hirself ourself oneself notself godself
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