Yourselves


(an emphatic appositive of you or ye1. ):
a letter you yourself wrote.
a reflexive form of you (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition):
don’t blame yourself. did you ever ask yourself “why”? you can think for yourself.
informal. (used in place of you, especially in compound subjects, objects, and complements):
ted and yourself have been elected. we saw your sister and yourself at the game. people like yourselves always feel like that.
(used in absolute constructions):
yourself having so little money, how could they expect you to help?
your normal or customary self:
you’ll soon be yourself again.
(used in place of you after as, than, or but):
scholars as famous as yourselves; a girl no older than yourself.
oneself:
the surest way is to do it yourself.
contemporary examples

exclusive: libya cable detailed threats eli lake october 7, 2012
david mccullough at wellesley commencement: ‘you are not special’ (video) the daily beast june 8, 2012
an article that made me sad, and a little response to readers michael tomasky june 11, 2012
how palin’s winning the media war matt latimer june 1, 2011
the ann coulter you don’t know matt latimer august 18, 2010

historical examples

the children’s bible henry a. sherman
the white company arthur conan doyle
the freedmen’s book lydia maria child
american notes rudyard kipling
the chalice of courage cyrus townsend brady

pr-noun (pl) -selves

the reflexive form of you
(intensifier): you yourself control your destiny

(preceded by a copula) your normal or usual self: you’re not yourself these days

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