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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative;
- Example: "He could not bring himself to call his parents"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bring oneself
    v 1: cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the
         negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents"