SELF-KNOWLEDGE
SELF-KNOWL'EDGE, noun The knowledge of one's own real character, abilities, worth or demerit.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SELF-LOVE
SELF-LOVE, noun [self and love.] The love of one's own person or happiness.Self-love, the spring motion, acts the soul. Pope.
SELF-LOVING
SELF-LOV'ING, adjective Loving one's self.SELF'-METAL, noun [self and metal.] The same metal.
SELF-MOTION
SELF-MO'TION, noun [self and motion.] Motion given by inherent powers, without external impulse; spontaneous motion.Matter is not indued with self-motion. Cheyne.
SELF-MOVED
SELF-MOVED, adjective [self and move.] Moved by inherent power without the aid of extraneous influence.
SELF-MOVING
SELF-MOVING, adjective Moving or exiting to action by ingerent power, without the impulse of another body or extraneous ingluence.
SELF-MURDER
SELF-MUR'DER, noun [self and murder.] The murder of one's self; suicide.
SELF-NEGLECTING
SELF-NEGLECT'ING, noun [self and neglect.] A neglecting of one's self.Self-love is not so great a sin as self-neglecting. Shak.
SELF-OPINION
SELF-OPIN'ION, noun [self and opinion.] One's own opinion.
SELF-OPINIONED
SELF-OPIN'IONED, adjective Valuing one's own opinion highly.
SELF-PLEASING
SELF-PLE'ASING, adjective [self and please.] Pleasing one's self; gratifying one's own wishes.
SELF-PRAISE
SELF-PRAISE, noun [self and praise.] The praise of one's self; self-applause.
SELF-PREFERENCE
SELF-PREF'ERENCE, noun [self and preference.] The preference of one's self to others.
SELF-PRESERVATION
SELF-PRESERVA'TION, noun [self and preservation.] The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
SELF-REPELLENCY
SELF-REPEL'LENCY, noun [self and repellency.] The inherent power of repulsion in a body.
SELF-REPELLING
SELF-REPEL'LING, adjective [self and repel.] Repelling by its own inherent power.
SELF-REPROVED
SELF-REPROVED, adjective [self and reprove.] Reproved by consciousness or one's own sense of guilt.
SELF-REPROVING
SELF-REPROVING, adjective Reproving by consciouness.SELF-REPROVING, noun The act of reproving by a conscious sense of guilt.
SELF-RESTRAINED
SELF-RESTRA'INED, adjective [self an restrain.] Restrained by itself, or by one's own power or will; not controlled by external force or authority.
SELF-RESTRAINING
SELF-RESTRA'INING, adjective Restraining or controlling itself.
SELF-SAME
SELF'-SAME, adjective [self and same.] Numerically the same; the very same; identical.SELF'-SEEKING, adjective [self and seek.] Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
SELF-SLAUGHTER
SELF-SLAUGHTER, nounself-slau'ter. [self and slaughter.] The slaughter of one's self.
SELF-SUBDUED
SELF-SUBDU'ED, adjective [self and subdue.] Subdued by one's own power or means.
SELF-SUBVERSIVE
SELF-SUBVER'SIVE, adjective Overturning or subverting itself.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SELF-SUFFI''CIENCY, noun [self and sufficiency.] An overweening opinion of one's own strength or worth; excessive confidence in one's own competence or sufficiency.
SELF-SUFFICIENT
SELF-SUFFI''CIENT, adjective Having full confidence in one's own strength, abilities or endowments; whence, haughty; overbearing.
SELF-TORMENTER
SELF-TORMENT'ER, noun One who torments himself.