Perself vs. Himself: What's the Difference?
Perself and Himself Definitions
Perself
Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.
Per injured perself.
Himself
(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
He injured himself.
Himself
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
He was injured himself.
Himself
The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
Himself
(Ireland) The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others
Has himself come down to breakfast yet?
Have you seen himself yet this morning?
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Himself
An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; - used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries.
David hid himself in the field.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people.
With shame remembers, while himself was oneOf the same herd, himself the same had done.
It comprehendeth in himself all good.
Himself
One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
Himself
Themselves. See Hemself.
