yourself

pronoun
your·self
/jəˈsɛlf/

Your own self (singular).

Example

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

Other meanings

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.”
You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.
“I spoke with yourself last in February.”

Related words

buy yourself a hat
do it yourself
do-it-yourself
don't knock yourself out
go chase yourself
go screw yourself
keep telling yourself that
make yourself at home
please yourself
take care of
go shit yourself
dig yourself

Example sentences

“Try listening to a book to distract yourself.”
Tatoeba · \N · CC0
“What do you like most about yourself?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Did you come up with that yourself?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "yourself".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “yourself” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.