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† self-ended, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Of merely private or selfish aims; characterized by self-centred actions or desires.
1645W. Goode Discov. Publ. Spirit 17 Publique spirits delight in their worke more then their wages, but self-ended men love their wages better then their worke. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §17 (1716) 104 Narrow self-ended Souls make prescription of good Offices. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xliv. 361 Self ended Lawyers. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 10 That self-ended occasional Conformity. 1731Bailey vol. II, Self-ended, for one's own advantage.
Hence † self-ˈendedness.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. i. ii. viii. 131 Displaying the Frauds and Self-endedness of all their Errours and Mis⁓practices. 1697R. Pierce Bath Mem. Pref. 5, I find a Physician of great Name..blaming the Bath..not without just Suspition of some Self-endedness. |