Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OUR-SELF'
OU-ROL'O-GY, or OU-ROS'CO-PYOUR-SELVES'
OUR-SELF', pron. [reciprocal. our and self.]
This is added after we and us, and sometimes is used without either for myself, in the regal style only; as, we ourself will follow. Shak. Unless we would denude ourself of all force to defend us. Clarendon.
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