"feel oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-feel oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: feels oneself [present, singular, third-person], feeling oneself [participle, present], felt oneself [participle, past], felt oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|feel<,,felt> oneself}} feel oneself (third-person singular simple present feels oneself, present participle feeling oneself, simple past and past participle felt oneself)
  1. To feel comfortable or normal; to be in one's usual mood or state of health; to feel like oneself.
    Sense id: en-feel_oneself-en-verb-mUupENoz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 7 14
  2. To feel particularly good (especially about oneself) or particularly into oneself.
    Sense id: en-feel_oneself-en-verb-KyxzZuqF
  3. To touch oneself.
    Sense id: en-feel_oneself-en-verb-9R1b1NTp

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