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self-eˈxistent, a.
[self- 3 b.]
1. Having the property of self-existence; existing of or by oneself (itself).
1701[see self-movent]. 1726Watts Logick ii. v. §2 (ed. 2) 258 The Argument for the Existence of God, derived from the Idea of a most perfect and self-existent Being. 1848R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation vi. (1852) 147 The self-existent Godhead. 1862Spencer First Princ. i. ii. §11 (1867) 35 Those who cannot conceive a self-existent universe.
2. Having a primary or independent existence.
1779Burke Sp. in Ann. Reg. (1780) 142/1 Property was not made by government, but government by and for it. The one is primary and self-existent; the other is secondary and derivative. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. lvi. 441 The hatred of America as a self-existent state.
So self-eˈxisting ppl. a.
1701Grew Cosm. Sacr. i. i. 1 This Self-existent Being hath the Power of Perfection, as well as of Existence, in Himself. 1747Lyttleton Obs. Conv. St. Paul Wks. (1774) 328 If..we have recourse..to the independent existence of matter, then we must admit two self-existing principles. 1795–1814Wordsw. Excurs. iv. 80 Self-existing cause and end of all. |