self

pronoun

1. Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).

   “This argument was put forward by the defendant self.”

2. Myself, oneself.

   “I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.”

noun

1. One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.

   “She remained her usual cheerful self despite recent setbacks”

2. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.

3. An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

4. Self-interest or personal advantage.

verb

1. To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.

2. To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.

adjective

1. Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.

   “a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood”

2. Same, identical.

   “self-coloured”

3. Belonging to oneself; own.

4. Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).