Our‐selves″ (?), pron.; sing.Ourself (�). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; — used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.
We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further then we usually do. Locke.
Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand. Dryden.
☞ The form ourself is used only in the regal or formal style after we or us, denoting a single person.
Unless we would denude ourself of all force. Clarendon.