themselves

  1. Pronoun.  (''the reflexive case of '''they''', the third-person plural personal pronoun'') The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
  2. Pronoun.  The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.

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