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A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.

A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.

Same as Auto-da-fé.

Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.

Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body.

Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.

tor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. -- Act of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-Fé. -- Act of God (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. -- Act of grace,…

Self-intoxication. See Auto-intoxication.

Same as Auto-intoxication.

edibility or truth. [R.] The faith of the foregoing narrative. Mitford. Act of faith. See Auto-da-fé. -- Breach of faith, Confession of faith, etc. See under Breach, Confession, etc. -- Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. -- In good faith, with perfect si…

ated by a patented, standardized system of "didactic apparatus," which is declared to be "auto-regulative." Most of the chief features of the method are borrowed from current methods used in many institutions for training feeble-minded children, and dating back especially to the work of the French-American physician Ed…

ons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fé.