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From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf (same, self, very, own), from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (self), from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)e- (separate, apart). Cognate with Scots self (self), West Frisian self (self), Dutch zelf (self), Low German sulv (self), German selbst (self), Danish selv (self), Icelandic sjálfur (self). Possibly related to Albanian thelb (core, center, heart).

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self

  1. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
    This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
  2. (commercial or humorous) Myself.
    I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.

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self (plural selves)

  1. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness.
    • Sir W. Hamilton
      The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.

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self (third-person singular simple present selfs, present participle selfing, simple past and past participle selfed)

  1. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
  2. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.

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self

  1. (obsolete) same
    • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i:
      I am made of that self mettle as my sister.

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self

  1. loan

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From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old Frisian self, Old Saxon self, Old Dutch self, Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), from *s(w)e- (separate, apart).


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self

  1. self

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From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old English self, Old Frisian self, Old Dutch self, Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), from *s(w)e- (separate, apart).


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self

  1. self

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