Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SELF-RE-PROACH'ING, a.

Reproaching one's self.

SELF-RE-PROACH'ING-LY, adv.

by reproaching one's self.

SELF-RE-PROV'ED, a. [self and reprove.]

Reproved by consciousness or one's own sense of guilt.

SELF-RE-PROV'ING, a.

Reproving by consciousness.

SELF-RE-PROV'ING, n.

The act of reproving by a conscious sense of guilt. – Shak.

SELF-RE-PULS'IVE, a.

Repulsive by one's self.

SELF-RE-STRAIN'ED, a. [self and restrain.]

Restrained by itself, or by one's own power or will; not controlled by external force or authority. – Dryden.

SELF-RE-STRAIN'ING, a.

Restraining or controlling itself.

SELF-RU'IN-ED, a.

Ruined by one's own conduct.

SELF-SAC'RI-FIC-ING, a.

Sacrificing one's self. – Channing.

SELF'-SAME, a. [self and same.]

Numerically the same; the very same; identical. – Scripture.

SELF-SAT'IS-FI-ED, a.

Satisfied with one's self. – Irving.

SELF-SAT'IS-FY-ING, a.

Giving satisfaction to one's self.

SELF-SEEK-ER, n.

One who seeks only his own interest.

SELF-SEEK-ING, a. [self and seek.]

Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. – Arbuthnot.

SELF-SLAUGH'TER, n. [self-slau'ter. self and slaughter.]

The slaughter of one's self. – Shak.

SELF-SOUND'ING, a.

Sounding by one's self.

SELF-SPUR'RING, a.

Inciting one's self.

SELF-SUB-DU'ED, a. [self and subdue.]

Subdued by one's own power or means. – Shak.

SELF-SUB-VERS'IVE, a.

Overturning or subverting itself. – J. P. Smith.

SELF-SUF-FI'CIEN-CY, n. [self and sufficiency.]

An overweening opinion of one's own strength or worth; excessive confidence in one's own competence or sufficiency. – Dryden.

SELF-SUF-FI'CIENT, a.

Having full confidence in one's own strength, abilities or endowments; whence, haughty; overbearing. – Watts.

SELF-SUS-PEND'ED, a.

Suspended by one's self; balanced. – Southey.

SELF-SUS-PI'CIOUS, a.

Suspicious of one's self. – Baxter.

SELF-SUS-TAIN'ED, a.

Sustained by one's self.