What is the meaning of OURS. Phrases containing OURS
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Acronyms & AI meanings
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pl.
of Myself
n. pl.
Ourselves.
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.
v. t.
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
prep.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
pl.
of I
v. t.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
n.
A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.
pron.
The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.
n.
The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists.
a.
Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
a.
Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
possessive pron.
See Note under Our.
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