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noun
plural of self.
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noun
1.
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one's own self.
2.
a person's nature, character, etc.: his better self.
3.
personal interest.
4.
Philosophy.
a.
the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.
b.
the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
adjective
5.
being the same throughout, as a color; uniform.
6.
being of one piece with or the same material as the rest: drapes with a self lining.
7.
Immunology. the natural constituents of the body, which are normally not subject to attack by components of the immune system (contrasted with nonself).
8.
Obsolete. same.
pronoun
9.
myself, himself, herself, etc.: to make a check payable to self.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
10.
to self-pollinate.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English self, selfa; cognate with Dutch zelf, German selb-, Old Norse sjalfr, Gothic silba
before 900; Middle English; Old English self, selfa; cognate with Dutch zelf, German selb-, Old Norse sjalfr, Gothic silba
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World English Dictionary
| selves (sɛlvz) | |
| —n | |
| a. the plural of self | |
| b. (in combination): ourselves; yourselves; themselves | |
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Word Origin & History
self
O.E. self, seolf, sylf "one's own person, same," from P.Gmc. *selbaz (cf. O.N. sjalfr, O.Fris. self, Du. zelf, O.H.G. selb, Ger. selbst, Goth. silba), P.Gmc. *selbaz, from PIE *sel-bho-, from base *s(w)e- "separate, apart" (see idiom).
EXPAND"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." [Alan Watts]Self-made man first recorded 1832, Amer.Eng.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
self (sělf)
n. pl. selves (sělz)
The total, essential, or particular being of a person; the individual.
One's consciousness of one's own being or identity; the ego.
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