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ipse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • himself pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  • the article Used before a noun to show that the listener already knows, or can work out, exactly which thing is meant.
  • very adv Used before an adjective or adverb to intensify it — to a high degree.

Senses

ipse is used for these senses in English:

  • himself (emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
  • the The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...
  • very The same; identical.

himself — full definition

  1. pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  2. pron Used for emphasis, to stress that he alone did something.

the — full definition

  1. article Used before a noun to show that the listener already knows, or can work out, exactly which thing is meant.
  2. adv Used with comparative adjectives to show one thing changing in step with another.

Related Latin words