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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,202 words match “ELF”

SELF-DEFENSIVE a.
Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
SELF-DEGRADATION n.
The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.
SELF-DELATION n.
Accusation of one's self. [R.] Milman.
SELF-DELUSION n.
The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.
SELF-DENIAL n.
The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
SELF-DENYING a.
Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. -- Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.
SELF-DEPENDENT a.
Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.
SELF-DEPENDING a.
Depending on one's self.
SELF-DEPRAVED a.
Corrupted or depraved by one's self. Milton.
SELF-DESTROYER n.
One who destroys himself; a suicide.
SELF-DESTRUCTION n.
The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE a.
Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
SELF-DETERMINATION n.
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
SELF-DETERMINING a.
Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.
SELF-DEVISED a.
Devised by one's self.
SELF-DEVOTED a.
Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne.
SELF-DEVOTEMENT n.
Self-devotion. [R.]
SELF-DEVOTION n.
The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self- devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
SELF-DEVOURING a.
Devouring one's self or itself. Danham.
SELF-DIFFUSIVE a.
Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris.
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