Self`-knowl"edge (?), n. Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own
character, powers, limitations, etc.
Self"less, a. Having no regard to self; unselfish.
Lo now, what hearts have men! they never mount As high as woman in
her selfless mood.
Tennyson.
Self"less*ness, n. Quality or state of being selfless.
Self"-life` (?), n. Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for
one's own pleasure or good.
Self`-love` (?), n. The love of one's self; desire of personal
happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. Shak.
Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
Pope.
Syn. -- Selfishness. -- Self-love, Selfishness. The term self-love is
used in a twofold sense: 1. It denotes that longing for good or for
well- being which actuates the breasts of all, entering into and
characterizing every special desire. In this sense it has no moral
quality, being, from the nature of the case, neither good nor evil. 2.
It is applied to a voluntary regard for the gratification of special
desires. In this sense it is morally good or bad according as these
desires are conformed to duty or opposed to it. Selfishness is always
voluntary and always wrong, being that regard to our own interests,
gratification, etc., which is sought or indulged at the expense, and to
the injury, of others. "So long as self-love does not degenerate into
selfishness, it is quite compatible with true benevolence." Fleming.
"Not only is the phrase self-love used as synonymous with the desire of
happiness, but it is often confounded with the word selfishness, which
certainly, in strict propriety, denotes a very different disposition of
mind." Slewart.
Self`-lu"mi*nous (?), a. Possessing in itself the property of emitting
light. Sir D. Brewster.
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Self"-made` (?), a. Made by one's self.
Self-made man, a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means
of his own talents or energies.
Self"-met`tle (?), n. Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper.
[Obs.] Shak.
Self`-mo"tion (?), n. Motion given by inherent power, without external
impulse; spontaneous 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`-mov"ing (?), a. Moving by inherent power, without the aid of
external impulse.
Self`-mur"der (?), a. Suicide.
Self`-mur"der*er (?), n. A suicide.
Self`-neg*lect"ing (?), 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"ness, n. Selfishness. [Obs.] Sir. P. Sidney.
Self`-one" (?), a. Secret. [Obs.] Marston.
Self`-o*pin"ion (?), n. Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's
self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.
Collier.
Self`-o*pin"ioned (?), a. Having a high opinion of one's self;
opinionated; conceited. South.
Self`-o*rig"i*na`ting (?), a. Beginning with, or springing from, one's
self.
Self`-par`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. That partiality to himself by which a man
overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.
Self`-per*plexed" (?), a. Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own
mind.
Self`-pos"it*ed (?), 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`-pos"it*ing, a. The act of disposing or arranging one's self or
itself.
The self-positing of the molecules.
R. Watts.
Self"-pos*sessed" (?), a. Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.;
undisturbed.
Self`-pos*ses"sion (?), n. The possession of one's powers; calmness;
self-command; presence of mind; composure.
Self"-praise` (?), n. Praise of one's self.
Self`-pres`er*va"tion (?), n. The preservation of one's self from
destruction or injury.
Self`-prop"a*ga`ting (?), a. Propagating by one's self or by itself.
Self`-reg"is*ter*ing (?), 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.
Self`-reg"u*la`ted (?), a. Regulated by one's self or by itself.
Self`-reg"u*la*tive (?), a. Tending or serving to regulate one's self
or itself. Whewell.
Self`-re*li"ance (?), n. Reliance on one's own powers or judgment;
self-trust.
Self`-re*li"ant (?), a. Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own
powers or judgment.
Self`-re*nun`ci*a"tion (?), n. The act of renouncing, or setting aside,
one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.
Self`-re*pel"len*cy (?), n. The quality or state of being
self-repelling.
Self`-re*pel"ling, (&?;) a. Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms,
which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
Self`-rep`e*ti"tion (?), n. Repetition of one's self or of one's acts;
the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
Self`-re*proach" (?), n. The act of reproaching one's self; censure by
one's own conscience.
Self`-re*proached" (?), a. Reproached by one's own conscience or
judgment.
Self`-re*proach"ing (?), a. Reproaching one's self. --
Self`-re*proach"ing*ly, adv.
Self`-re*proof" (?), n. The act of reproving one's self; censure of
one's conduct by one's own judgment.
Self`-re*proved" (?), a. Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own
sense of guilt.
Self`-re*prov"ing (?), a. Reproving one's self; reproving by
consciousness of guilt.
Self`-re*prov"ing*ly, adv. In a self-reproving way.
Self`-re*pug"nant (?), a. Self- contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham.
Self`-re*pul"sive (?), a. Self- repelling.
Self`-re*spect" (?), n. Respect for one's self; regard for one's
character; laudable self- esteem.
Self`-re*strained" (?), a. Restrained by one's self or itself;
restrained by one's own power or will.
Self`-re*straint" (?), n. Restraint over one's self; self-control;
self-command.
Self`-rev"er*ence (?), n. A reverent respect for one's self. Tennyson.
Self`-right"eous (?), a. Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
Self`-right"eous*ness, n. The quality or state of being self-righteous;
pharisaism.
Self`-sac"ri*fice (?), n. The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's
interest, for others; self- devotion.
Self`-sac"ri*fi`cing (?), a. Yielding up one's own interest, feelings,
etc; sacrificing one's self.
Self"same (?), a. [Self, a. + same.] Precisely the same; the very same;
identical.
His servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Matt. viii. 13.
Self`-sat`is*fac"tion (?), n. The quality or state of being
self-satisfied.
Self`-sat"is*fied (?), a. Satisfied with one's self or one's actions;
self-complacent.
Self`-sat"is*fy`ing (?), a. Giving satisfaction to one's self.
Self"-seek`er, n. One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or
pleasure.
Self"-seek`ing, a. Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
Arbuthnot.
Self"-seek`ing, n. The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or
happiness; selfishness.
Self`-slaugh"ter (?), n. Suicide. Shak.
Self`-suf*fi"cien*cy (?), n. The quality or state of being
self-sufficient.
Self`-suf*fi"cient (?), a. 1. Sufficient for one's self without
external aid or coöperation.
Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the
person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can
never need any mortal assistance.
South.
2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth;
hence, haughty; overbearing. "A rash and self-sufficient manner." I.
Watts.
Self`-suf*fi"cing (?), a. Sufficing for one's self or for itself,
without needing external aid; self- sufficient. --
Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.
Self`-sus*pend"ed (?), a. Suspended by one's self or by itself;
balanced. Southey.
Self`-sus*pi"cious (?), a. Suspicious or distrustful of one's self.
Baxter.
Self"-taught` (?), a. Taught by one's own efforts.
Self`-tor*ment"or (?), n. One who torments himself.
Self`-tor"ture (?), n. The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain
inflicted on one's self.
Self"-trust`, n. Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
Self`-uned" (?), a. [E. self + L. unus one.] One with itself; separate
from others. [Obs.] Sylvester.
Self"-view` (?), n. A view of one's self; specifically, carefulness or
regard for one's own interests.
Self`-will" (?), n. [AS. selfwill.] One's own will, esp. when opposed
to that of others; obstinacy.
Self`-willed" (?), a. Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the
wishes of others; obstinate.
Self`-willed"ness, n. Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott.
Self"-wor`ship (?), n. The idolizing of one's self; immoderate
self-conceit.
Self"-wrong` (?), n. Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.
Sel"ion (?), n. [OF. seillon a measure of land, F. sillon a ridge,
furrow, LL. selio a measure of land.] A short piece of land in arable
ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying
between two furrows. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Sel*juk"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who
embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to
that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or
the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th
century. J. H. Newman.
Sel*juk"i*an, n. A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that
family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish
sultans sprung from Seljuk.
Sell (sl), n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
Sell, n. A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sell, n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sell, n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.] 1. A
saddle for a horse. [Obs.]
He left his lofty steed with golden self.
Spenser.