Definitions
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- verb To make oneself
upright .
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Examples
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Digicel Atlantic Challenge, manned by Gearoid Towey and Ciaran Lewis from Ireland, had capsized and failed to self-right.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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Digicel Atlantic Challenge, manned by Gearoid Towey and Ciaran Lewis from Ireland, had capsized and failed to self-right.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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The exception to this was when my mother informed me in early January that Chris Martin, the other solo entry, had suffered a capsize and his boat had failed to self-right.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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The exception to this was when my mother informed me in early January that Chris Martin, the other solo entry, had suffered a capsize and his boat had failed to self-right.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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If the robot falls over it's going to be very hard to self-right.
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I mean, I think that's our self-right as a nation for self - defense.
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Corporeal and sensuous belief; self-right - eousness; vanity; hypocrisy.
Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy 1865
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'She could not free herself of water, nor self-right in the event of being upset.'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 Various 1836
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I am telling all of you self-right eous dictators out there - here I am, take a shot.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jason Hughes 2012
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And Ryan is only the king of the opportunis tic and self-righteous Republican one hit wonders.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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