Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same; the very same; the same not only in being similar but in being identical.
For both of you are Birds of ſelfe-ſame Feather.
Chiefly preceded by the: precisely the same person or thing.
I preſent vvhat here is to you, vvherein you ſhall receive but the ſelfeſame by Number and by Meaſure; vvhich, before, you had by VVeight.
PIE word *swé From Middle English self sam, self same, selve same (“the very same, selfsame”) [and other forms], from self (“that specific (person mentioned), herself, himself, itself, themselves”, p...
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