| Your | pron. & a. [ OE. your, &yogh_;our, eowr, eower, AS. eówer, originally used as the gen. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwēr, G. euer, Icel. yðar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. √189. See You. ] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours. “An old fellow of yours.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Yourself | pron.; pl. Yourselves [ Your + self. ] An emphasized or reflexive 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Why should you be so cruel to yourself ? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The religious movement which you yourself, as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
