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Self-impregnation. Darwin.

Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Self-produced; autogenous.

Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.

Self-generated; produced independently.

Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. -- n.

Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.

Self-moving; moving automatically.

Self-worship. Farrar.

One who is self-taught. [R.] Young.

Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas l…

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self- moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc.

An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving mo…

Patterned after one's self. The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser.

Having the power of self-government; autonomous. Hickok.

Independent in government; having the right or power of self- government.

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.