From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Myself \My*self"\, pron.; pl. Ourselves. I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself. [1913 Webster]