ourselves

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the English reflexive pronouns

singular 1st myself 2nd yourself, thyself 3rd himself/herself/itself/oneself plural 1st ourselves 2nd yourselves, thyselves 3rd themselves

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ourselves second personal plural pronoun (reflexive case of we)

1. (reflexive) us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.

   We should keep this for ourselves.

2. (emphatic) we; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.

   We did it ourselves.

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