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itself

it·self

itself

 
pronunciation:
It self
part of speech: pronoun
definition 1: We often wash our dogs, but we don't usually wash our cats. A cat usually washes itself with its tongue. This means the cat does its own washing and nobody else washes the cat.
Our neighbor's dog is always scratching itself. It must be very itchy.We have a light outside our house that can turn itself off and on.
definition 2: When your dog is not itself today, it means that your dog is not its usual self.
The cat is not itself today. It wouldn't even eat its food this morning.