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form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself. Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer. If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak. W…

Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. Tennyson.

were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired. Bacon. Were you but riding forth to air yourself. Shak.

d expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. Milton. Compare our faces and be judge yourself. Shak. To compare great things with small. Milton.

ontinue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. Ps. xxxvi. 10. You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.

in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment. Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- any every foe. Pope. Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. Macaulay.

To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.] Do not dismay yourself for this. Spenser.

you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson.

uiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. Herbert. Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. Swift.

To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.

n, or caution. Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak. Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. J. D. Forbes.

to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words. You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. Shak. Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. Littelton. -- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.

finds his nephew in money. Wages £14 and all found. London Times. Nothing a day and find yourself. Dickens.

agent. It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. Dickens. -- First coat (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat. -- First day, Sunday; -- so called by…

yed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.

At a time next preceding the present time. How long is't now since last yourself and I Were in a mask Shak.

See Outrage, v. i. [Obs.] This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woe should outraye. Chaucer.

, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity. "Pray ye, pacify yourself." Shak.

To compose, to calm. [Obs.] "Patient yourself, madam." Shak.

ice; to form a habit. They shall practice how to live secure. Milton. Practice first over yourself to reign. Waller.