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Definition: ONE'S SELF |
ONE'S SELF1. To adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] ``Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself.'' --J. Webster (1607). |
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Clever | There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Books | |
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Albert Pike | The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty. |
Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza | The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self. |
Charles Dickens | A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self. |
Confucius | The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self. |
Josh Billings | It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. |
Publilius Syrus | To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self. |
Samuel Smiles | The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SELF-:ESTEEM:, n. An erroneous appraisement. SELF-:EVIDENT:, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else. |
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Expressions using "ONE'S SELF": By one's self ♦ come to one's self ♦ Denial of one's self ♦ lose one's self confidence ♦ of one's self ♦ To address one's self to ♦ To advantage one's self of ♦ To advise one's self ♦ To appoint one's self ♦ To assert one's self ♦ To authorize one's self ♦ To avail one's self of ♦ To avise one's self ♦ To be beside one's self ♦ To be master of one's self ♦ To boast one's self ♦ To brace one's self ♦ To bundle one's self up ♦ To cast one's self ♦ to cast one's self on ♦ to cast one's self upon ♦ To collect one's self ♦ To come to one's self ♦ To commune with one's self ♦ To congratulate one's self ♦ To declare one's self ♦ To deny one's self ♦ To employ one's self ♦ To endeavor one's self ♦ To enjoy one's self ♦ To enlarge one's self ♦ To exert one's self ♦ To find one's self ♦ To forget one's self ♦ To forswear one's self ♦ To gather one's self together ♦ To give one's self away ♦ To give one's self up ♦ To hide one's self ♦ To hug one's self ♦ To lay hands on one's self ♦ To lay one's self open to ♦ To lay one's self out ♦ To lay violent hands on one's self ♦ To leave to one's self ♦ To lose one's self ♦ To magnify one's self ♦ To magnify one's self against ♦ To make an ass of one's self ♦ To make one's self at home ♦ To make one's self scarce ♦ To make one's self strange ♦ To make one's self understood ♦ To misconduct one's self ♦ To overshoot one's self ♦ To pain one's self ♦ To promise one's self ♦ To propose to one's self ♦ to put one's self upon the country ♦ To put or throw one's self upon the country ♦ To read one's self in ♦ To refer one's self ♦ To relate one's self ♦ To repeat one's self ♦ To report one's self ♦ To repossess one's self of ♦ To roll one's self ♦ To serve one's self of ♦ To set one's self against ♦ To shape one's self ♦ To spare one's self ♦ To take upon one's self ♦ To throw one's self down ♦ To throw one's self on ♦ to throw one's self upon ♦ to throw one's self upon the country ♦ To thrust one's self in ♦ to thrust one's self into ♦ to truss one's self ♦ To use one's self ♦ To worm one's self into. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "ONE'S SELF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | губя самоувереност (lose one's self confidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ztratit sebedùvìru (lose one's self confidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | perdre la confiance en soi (lose one's self confidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χάνω αυτοπεποίθηση (lose one's self confidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לאב" את "בטחון "עצמי (lose one's nerve, lose one's self confidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | magasztalja önmagát (to boast one's self), elveszíti az önbizalmát (lose one's self confidence), dicsőíti önmagát (to boast one's self). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 自ら (for one's self, personally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ないせい (domestic affairs, internal administration, introspection, municipal, reflection on one's self), きょしゅう (committing one's self), き'とりなおす (to completely rethink, to pull one's self together), みずから (for one's self, personally), へいじょうし" (one's presence of mind, one's self-possession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | one'say elfsay a-şi reveni (collect oneself, come round, come to one's self, get over). (various references) потерять самообладание (lose nerve, lose one's self confidence, lose one's temper). (various references) izgubiti samopouzdanje (lose one's self confidence). (various references) perder confianza en sí mismo (lose one's self confidence). (various references) kendi kendini (oneself). (various references) saklanmak (restrain one's self). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-e-e-f-l-n-o-s-s" | |
-2 letters: flenses, oneself. | |
-3 letters: felons, flense, lenses, leones, lessen, lesson. | |
-4 letters: enols, feels, felon, fesse, flees, floes, floss, fosse, lenes, lenos, lense, leone, loess, loses, noels, noses, seels, selfs, sense, sloes, soles, sones. | |
-5 letters: eels, else, enol, eons, eses, feel, fees, fens, fess, flee, floe, foes, fons, foss, lees, leno, lens, less, lone, lose, loss. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 4E 45 27 53      53 45 4C 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01010011 01000101 01001100 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O N E ' S   S E L F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 004E 0045 0027 0053      0053 0045 004C 0046 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)494839953253394640 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeen, Turkmeense, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmene, Turkmenin, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier, for Turkmen; |