Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
self .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun pl. of
self .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
self .
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Examples
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And in _Physical_ Enquiries, we must endevour to follow Nature in the more _plain_ and _easie_ ways she treads in the most _simple_ and _uncompounded bodies_, to trace her steps, and be acquainted with her manner of walking there, before we venture our selves into the multitude of _meanders_ she has in _bodies of a more complicated_ nature; lest, being unable to distinguish and judge of our way, we quickly lose both _Nature_ our Guide, and _our selves_ too, and are left to wander in the _labyrinth_ of groundless opinions; wanting both
Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669
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If we are going to be politically correct about what we call our selves, we should call ourselves United Statesians.
Think Progress » Note to Rep. Virgil Goode: Keith Ellison Is Not An Immigrant 2006
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If we are going to be politically correct about what we call our selves, we should call ourselves United Statesians.
Think Progress » Note to Rep. Virgil Goode: Keith Ellison Is Not An Immigrant 2006
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If we are going to be politically correct about what we call our selves, we should call ourselves United Statesians.
Think Progress » Note to Rep. Virgil Goode: Keith Ellison Is Not An Immigrant 2006
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If we are going to be politically correct about what we call our selves, we should call ourselves United Statesians.
Think Progress » Note to Rep. Virgil Goode: Keith Ellison Is Not An Immigrant 2006
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This challenging conference topic also reminds us that who we are -- the very center of what we call our selves -- is a product of the complex interelationships among what we think, what we feel, and the environment that surrounds us.
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An historical failure as a Nation to protect our selves from the greatest threat of all, extreme ignorance, hubris and greed in power. whispered on the whirlwind .....
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I'm not sure I necessarily agree with all of her points -- my thought regarding the character's shadow selves is not that they are a literal expression of a factual inner self, but a depiction that illustrates how that person fears being perceived, generally.
Archive 2009-02-01 SVGL 2009
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I'm not sure I necessarily agree with all of her points -- my thought regarding the character's shadow selves is not that they are a literal expression of a factual inner self, but a depiction that illustrates how that person fears being perceived, generally.
After Several Days Of Rain SVGL 2009
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The notion that technology was supposed to allow us to "explore our artistic selves" is nonsense, he says.
Two Years Before the Repast Victorino Matus 2010
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