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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,043 words match “SELF”

SELF-APPLYING a.
Applying to or by one's self.
SELF-APPROVING a.
Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas. Pope.
SELF-ASSERTING a.
asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.
SELF-ASSERTION n.
The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.
SELF-ASSERTIVE a.
Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
SELF-ASSUMED a.
Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.
SELF-ASSURED a.
Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.
SELF-BANISHED a.
Exiled voluntarily.
SELF-BEGOTTEN a.
Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.
SELF-BINDER n.
A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.
SELF-BORN a.
Born or produced by one's self.
SELF-CENTERED; SELF-CENTRED a.
Centered in itself, or in one's self. There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt, Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden.
SELF-CENTERING; SELF-CENTRING a.
Centering in one's self.
SELF-CENTRATION n.
The quality or state of being self-centered.
SELF-CHARITY n.
Self-love. [Obs.] Shak.
SELF-COLOR n.
A color not mixed or variegated.
SELF-COLORED a.
Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
SELF-COMMAND n.
Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
SELF-COMMUNE n.
Self-communion. [R.]
SELF-COMMUNICATIVE a.
Imparting or communicating by its own powers.
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