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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sĕlf'ish-ness, n.p. 1198The quality of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own…
  2. Sēlf'ist, n.p. 1198A selfish person. [Rare.] “The prompting of generous feeling, or of what the cold selfist calls quixotism.” I. Taylor.
  3. Sēlf'-jūs'ti-fī'er, n.p. 1198One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M. Mason.
  4. Sēlf'-kīn'dled, a.p. 1198Kindled of itself, or, without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.
  5. Sĕlf'-knōw'ing, a.p. 1198Knowing of itself, or without communication from another.
  6. Sēlf'-knōw'ledge, n.p. 1198The knowledge of one's self, or of one's own real character; abilities, worth, or demerit.
  7. Sĕlf'less, a.p. 1198Having no regard to self; unselfish. Lo, now, what hearts have men! they never mount As high as woman in her selfless mood. Tennyson.
  8. Sēlf'less-ness, n.p. 1198The state or quality of being selfless; freedom from selfishness.
  9. Sēlf'-life, n.p. 1198Life for one's self; living solely or principally for one's own pleasure or good.
  10. Sēlf'-lōve, n.p. 1198The love of one's self; desire of happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope. Syn. — Selfishness. — SELF-LOVE, SELFISHNESS. The…
  11. Sēlf'-lū'mi-noūs, a.p. 1198Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Brewster.
  12. Sēlf'-māde, a.p. 1198Made by one's self. Self-made man, a man who has risen from poverty, ignorance, or obscurity, to wealth, learning, fame, or power, by means of his own talents or energies, and without the aids by…
  13. Sēlf'-mĕt'al, n.p. 1198The same metal. [Obs.] Shak.
  14. Sēlf'-mēt'tle, n.p. 1198Natural mettle, or that which comes of itself. [Obs.] Shak.
  15. Sēlf'-mō'tion, n.p. 1198Motion given by inherent powers, without external impulse; spontaneous motion. Matter is not indued with self-motion. Cheyne.
  16. Sēlf'-mōved', a.p. 1198Moved by inherent power without the aid of external impulse.
  17. Sēlf'-mōv'ing, a.p. 1198Moving or exciting to action by inherent power, without the impulse of another body or extraneous influence.
  18. Sĕlf'-mŭr'dĕr, n.p. 1198The murder of one's self; suicide.
  19. Sēlf'-mūr'der-er, n.p. 1198One who voluntarily destroys his own life; a suicide.
  20. Sĕlf'-neg-lēct'ing, n.p. 1198A neglecting of one's self. Self-love is not so great a sin as self-neglecting. Shak.
  21. Sĕlf'ness, n.p. 1198Self-love; selfishness. [Obs.] Sidney.
  22. Sĕlf'-ōne, a.p. 1198‘One with itself; joined to itself and only to itself; hence, secretly kept by itself. [Obs. and rare.] A self-one guilt doth only hatch distrust. Marston.
  23. Sĕlf'-o-pĭn'ion, n.p. 1198One's own opinion. Collier. Prior. 2. High opinion of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self, or one's own opinion; self-esteem.
  24. Sĕlf'o-pin'ioned, a.p. 1198Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; vain.
  25. Sĕlf'-o-rĭg'i-nā'ting, a.p. 1198Beginning with, or springing from, one's self.
  26. Sĕlf'-pär'ti-äl'i-ty, n.p. 1198That partiality by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.
  27. Sĕlf'-pĭt'y, n.p. 1198Pity for one's self.
  28. Sĕlf'-plēased', a.p. 1198Satisfied with one's self; as, a self-pleased man. J. M. Mason.
  29. Sĕlf'-pos-sĕssed', a.p. 1198Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, &c.; undisturbed.
  30. Sĕlf'-pos-sĕs'sion, n.p. 1198The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind.
  31. Sĕlf'-praise, n.p. 1198The praise of one's self; self-applause.
  32. Sĕlf'-prē'f'er-ence, n.p. 1198The preference of one's self to others.
  33. Sĕlf'-prĕs'er-vā'tion, n.p. 1198The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
  34. Sĕlf-prŏp'a-gā'ting, a.p. 1198Propagating by itself or himself.
  35. Sĕlf/-rĕg'is-ter-ing, a.p. 1198Registering itself;— said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, or at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a…
  36. Sĕlf'-rĕg'ū-lā'ted, a.p. 1198Regulated by one's self or by itself.
  37. Sĕlf'-rĕg'ū-lā-tīve, a.p. 1198Tending or serving to regulate one's self. Whewell.}
  38. Sĕlf'-re-li'ance, n.p. 1198Reliance on one's own powers.
  39. Sĕlf'-re-li'ant, a.p. 1198Relying upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers.
  40. Sĕlf'-re-nūn'ci-ā'tion, n.p. 1198The act of renouncing or setting aside one's own wishes, claims, &c.
  41. Sĕlf'-re-pĕl'en-cy, n.p. 1198The inherent power of repulsion in a body.
  42. Sĕlf'-re-pĕl'ling, a.p. 1198Repelling by its own inherent power.
  43. Sĕlf'-rĕp/e-tĭ'tion, n.p. 1198Repetition of one's self, or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
  44. Sĕlf'-re-prōach', n.p. 1198The act of reproaching or condemning one's self.
  45. Sēlf'-re-prōached', a.p. 1198Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
  46. Sĕlf'-re-prōach'ing-ly, adv.p. 1198By reproaching one's self.
  47. Sĕlf'-re-prōved', a.p. 1198Reproved by consciousness or one's own sense of guilt.
  48. Sĕlf-re-prŏv'ing, a.p. 1198Reproving by consciousness.
  49. Sĕlf'-re-prōv'ing, n.p. 1198The act of reproving by a conscious sense of guilt.
  50. Sĕlf'-re-prōv'ing-ly, adv.p. 1198In a manner to reprove or censure one's self. Shelley.
  51. Sĕlf'-re-pŭl'sive, a.p. 1198Repulsive by one's self.
  52. Sĕlf-re-spĕct', n.p. 1198Respect for one's self; regard for one's character.
  53. Sĕlf'-re-strāined', a.p. 1198Restrained by itself, or by one's own power or will; not controlled by external force or authority.
  54. Sĕlf'-re-strāint', n.p. 1198A restraint over one's self.
  55. Sĕlf'-rĕv'er-ence, n.p. 1198Reverence for one's self, or one's character or powers.
  56. Sĕlf'-rĭght'eŏŭs, a.p. 1198Righteous in one's own esteem; confident of one's own virtue or merit.
  57. Sĕlf-rīght’eōūs-ness, n.p. 1198Reliance on one's own righteousness.
  58. Sĕlf/-săc'rĭ-fīce, n.p. 1198The act of yielding up one's person, interests, or the like.
  59. Sĕlf/-sā'crĭ-fic-ing, a.p. 1198Yielding up one's own interest, feelings, &c.; sacrificing, or disposed to sacrifice, one's self.
  60. Sĕlf'-sāme, a.p. 1198Precisely the same; the very same; identical. His servant was healed in the self-same hour. Matt. viii. 13.