单词 | self-acted |
释义 | self-actedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating independently or spontaneously unprovoked1585 automatical1586 automatic1599 self-acting1605 self-active1642 self-acted1651 spontaneous1664 authentic1834 semi-automatic1890 shoot-from-the-hip1967 the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > self-determining or determined self-willing1571 self-acting1605 self-active1642 self-relying1648 self-acted1651 self-determined1653 self-determining1655 self-reliant1834 1651 J. Horn Caveat to All True Christians Postscr. sig. X5v Many..abide ignorant of the Cross of Christ, feeding and living upon their..self-acted and conceited believing. 1697 G. Stanhope in tr. P. Charron Of Wisdom I. xxxiv. 269 Freedom [consists]..in being Self-moved, and Self-acted; so as to be the Disposer of one's own Will, without any Compulsion..from a foreign or external Principle. 1764 C. Churchill Gotham i. 8 All Instruments, self-acted,..Shall pour forth harmony. 1786 Public Advertiser 3 June The natives of this island are more addicted to self acted death than those of other kingdoms. 1869 Eng. Mechanic 14 May 186/2 The shaper mechanism may be altered as required to build the cop, the same as in the self-acted mule. 1876 tr. G. Keller in Newcastle Courant 6 Oct. 6/4 While he thus remained locked up in the room, meditating upon his hapless condition, he entangled himself in his first self-acted lie, whereby he stepped on to the slippery downhill road to evil. 2. Designating a play or other performance acted by the person or people also responsible for writing, staging, or directing it.rare before late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other dramatic or variety performances > [adjective] self-acted1868 nude1869 pier head1909 showboating1936 1868 All Year Round 11 Apr. 419/1 The whole population elects itself into a club for the promotion of home-made sports and gambols, the performance of self-acted pageants and plays. 1995 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 17 Mar. 3 The man who sold us cheap toys for more than a decade..—indeed his self-written, self-sung, self-acted ads were a regular part of our TV viewing back then—is now indulging his own private passions. 2010 Theatre Jrnl. 62 410 He exploded on the scene in 1998 with his self-staged, self-acted monologue about a hapless sailor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1651 |
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