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ourselves
(mass) | ourselves
- samým sebe |
ourselves
(encz) | ourselves,my sami Zdeněk Brož |
ourselves
(encz) | ourselves,sebe Zdeněk Brož |
Ourselves
(gcide) | Ourselves \Our*selves"\, pron.; sing. Ourself (?).
An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural;
-- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the
predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.
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We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great
deal further then we usually do. --Locke.
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Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand.
--Dryden.
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Note: The form ourself is used only in the regal or formal
style after we or us, denoting a single person.
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Unless we would denude ourself of all force.
--Clarendon.
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Ourselves
(gcide) | Myself \My*self"\, pron.; pl. Ourselves.
I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or
person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; --
used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of
a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
ourselves
(mass) | ourselves
- samým sebe |
yourselves
(mass) | yourselves
- sebe samým |
kill ourselves laughing
(encz) | kill ourselves laughing, |
ourselves
(encz) | ourselves,my sami Zdeněk Brožourselves,sebe Zdeněk Brož |
yourselves
(encz) | yourselves,vy sami Zdeněk Brož |
Between ourselves
(gcide) | Between \Be*tween"\, prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS.
betwe['o]nan, betwe['o]num; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS.
tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See Twain,
and cf. Atween, Betwixt.]
1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is
between Boston and Philadelphia.
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2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to
another; from one to another of two.
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If things should go so between them. --Bacon.
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3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
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Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them.
--Locke.
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4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving
reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as,
opposition between science and religion.
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An intestine struggle, open or secret, between
authority and liberty. --Hume.
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5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute
of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge
between or to choose between courses; to distinguish
between you and me; to mediate between nations.
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6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity,
or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
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Between decks, the space, or in the space, between the
decks of a vessel.
Between ourselves, Between you and me, {Between
themselves}, in confidence; with the understanding that the
matter is not to be communicated to others.
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Syn: Between, Among.
Usage: Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a
quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between
two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than
two in expressing a certain relation.
I . . . hope that between public business,
improving studies, and domestic pleasures,
neither melancholy nor caprice will find any
place for entrance. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster] Among implies a mass or collection of
things or persons, and always supposes more than two;
as, the prize money was equally divided among the
ship's crew.
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Yourselves
(gcide) | Yourself \Your*self"\, pron.; pl. Yourselves. [Your + self.]
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second
person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you
yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either
in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured
yourself.
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Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. --Chaucer.
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If yourselves are old, make it your cause. --Shak.
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Why should you be so cruel to yourself ? --Milton.
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The religious movement which you yourself, as well as
I, so faithfully followed from first to last. --J. H.
Newman.
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