Meanings
alternative weselves · alternative we-selves · alternative we'selves
- CaribbeanSynonym of ourselves.
Doctor, dey ain't no magic Yankee medicine could save any of we. Few halfdollars... would help, but de only medicine could save we is we weself.
1991, Robert Antoni, Divina Trace, page 4101 more example
At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.
1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58Synonyms: ourselves
Synonyms & antonyms
pronounSynonym of ourselves.
Origin
- Old Englishwe selfe
- Middle Englishwe-self
- Englishweself
From Middle English we-self, weself, we selve, &c., from Old English we selfe and later separate construction as we + -self. Compare Tyneside English we (“us”).
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