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self-deˈpendent, a. [self- 3 a.] Possessing or characterized by self-dependence.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 93 The excellence of the Angelic nature could not preserve them when self-dependent. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 341 The self-dependent lordlings. 1833J. H. Newman Arians ii. iv. 201 The existence of an irresponsible self-dependent Being. 1848R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation vi. (1852) 162 Salvation rests on the supernatural gift of God, and not on the self-dependent exertions of human excellence. 1861Goschen For. Exch. 14 A nation, rich in capital and very self-dependent. Hence self-deˈpendently adv.; so self-deˈpending ppl. a., self-dependent.
1853Pulsford tr. J. Müller's Chr. Doctr. Sin II. 57 In so far as it..*self-dependently works and is active from out the very inmost of its essence. 1855*Self-depending [see self-wrought b]. |