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self-life
1. [self- 5 c.] = self-existence.
1613Donne Good Friday Poems (1639) 353 Who sees Gods face, that is selfelife, must die. a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. II. 41 A co-eternal Force, Co-boundless with its Source, Could in no Moment idle rest, But in pure Act self-life express'd.
2. [self- 5 d.] Life lived for oneself; life devoted to selfish ends.
1848Bailey Festus 324 Let then mere self-life cease. 1893New Church Mess. (N.Y.) 19 Apr. 242 In this self-laudation we are indulging ourselves in the vanities of self-life. |