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ONE'S SELF

Definition: ONE'S SELF

ONE'S SELF

1. 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).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: ONE'S SELF

English words defined with "ONE'S SELF": By one's selfOf one's selfTo address one's self to, To advantage one's self of, To advise one's self, To assert one's self, To avise one's self, To be beside one's self, To boast one's self, To bundle one's self up, To congratulate one's self, To employ one's self, To endeavor one's self, To forswear one's self, 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 lose one's self, To make one's self at home, To pain one's self, To refer one's self, To report one's self, To serve one's self of, To set one's self against, To spare one's self, To take upon one's self. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ONE'S SELF": Cut a DashDelusionsINDIVIDUALITYselfTo FEATHER ONE'S NEST. (references)
Etymologies containing "ONE'S SELF": Apodyterium, AutopsyCircumspectformicationmalversation, mirageNonchalantPandiculation, PorrectSeity, Self-delation, sponsor, suicide, Suist. (references)

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Modern Usage: ONE'S SELF

DomainUsage

Clever

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ONE'S SELF

DomainTitle

Books

  • Passionate Mind: A Manual for Living Creatively With One's Self (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: ONE'S SELF

AuthorQuotation

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ONE'S SELF

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: ONE'S SELF

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ONE'S SELF

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

   

Romanian

  

a-şi reveni (collect oneself, come round, come to one's self, get over). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

потерять самообладание (lose nerve, lose one's self confidence, lose one's temper). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

izgubiti samopouzdanje (lose one's self confidence). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

perder confianza en sí mismo (lose one's self confidence). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kendi kendini (oneself). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

saklanmak (restrain one's self). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ONE'S SELF

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ONE'S SELF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 4E 45 27 53      53 45 4C 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01010011 01000101 01001100 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#78 &#69 &#39 &#83 &#32 &#83 &#69 &#76 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 004E 0045 0027 0053      0053 0045 004C 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

494839953253394640

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INDEX

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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Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
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;