yourself

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   Your own self (singular).

   Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.

2. 2
   pron

   You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

   You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

3. 3
   pron

   You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.

   I spoke with yourself last in February.

4. 4
   pron

   Honorific alternative letter-case form of yourself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Etymology

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.