English Dictionary

itself

/ɪtˈsɛlf/

pron

(reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

The cat can clean itself.

意味（1）

(reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

The door closed by itself

意味（2）

(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne remedy againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as Peter de la Seine and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented Menelaus that was ſo often freed by Helenas faire face: and ʰTully, 3 Tusc. cites Epicurus as a chiefe patron of this Tenent.

意味（3）

(emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.