him

pron. [ AS. him, dat. of hē. √183. See He. ] The objective case of he. See He. [ 1913 Webster ]

Him that is weak in the faith receive. Rom. xiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Friends who have given him the most sympathy. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself. [ 1913 Webster ]

I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
Did bear him like a noble gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Skr. himālaya, prop., the abode of snow. ] Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region.
Syn. -- genus Himantoglossum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. one of two genera of stilts; they are similar to avocets but with straight bills.
Syn. -- genus Himantopus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A hymn. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

With shame remembers, while himself was one
Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him. [ 1913 Webster ]

It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. --
To leave one to himself, to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.

pron. See 1st Himself. [ Obs. ]

/mhw>, (&unr_;), pron. pl. Themselves. See Hemself. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]