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The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

Contradicting one's self or itself.

Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.

Devouring one's self or itself. Danham.

Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris.

Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

Having the power or property of healing itself.

Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

Knowing of itself, without help from another.

Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Sir D. Brewster.

Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself. These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. Tyndall.

The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself. The self-positing of the molecules. R. Watts.

Propagating by one's self or by itself.

Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.

Regulated by one's self or by itself.

Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself. Whewell.

Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. -- Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.

Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey.

One with itself; separate from others. [Obs.] Sylvester.