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2,043 words match “SELF”

SELF-MOTION n.
wer, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion. Matter is not induced with self-motion. Cheyne.
SELF-MOVED a.
Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
SELF-MOVING a.
Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.
SELF-MURDER a.
Suicide.
SELF-MURDERER n.
A suicide.
SELF-NEGLECTING n.
A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests. Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. Shak.
SELF-ONE a.
Secret. [Obs.] Marston.
SELF-OPINION n.
Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier.
SELF-OPINIONED a.
Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited. South.
SELF-ORIGINATING a.
Beginning wwith, or springing from, one's self.
SELF-PARTIALITY n.
That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.
SELF-PERPLEXED a.
Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.
SELF-POSITED a.
Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself. These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. Tyndall.
SELF-POSITING a.
The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself. The self-positing of the molecules. R. Watts.
SELF-POSSESSED a.
Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
SELF-POSSESSION n.
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
SELF-PRAISE n.
Praise of one's self.
SELF-PRESERVATION n.
The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
SELF-PROPAGATING a.
Propagating by one's self or by itself.
SELF-REGISTERING a.
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.
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