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单词 self-acted
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self-actedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈaktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈæktəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, acted adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + acted adj. Compare earlier self-acting adj., self-action n.
1. Of an action, deed, etc.: carried out or performed of a person's own accord or by a person's own hand. Of a person: moved to action of his or her own accord; also occasionally of an instrument, machine, etc. (cf. self-acting adj. 2). Obsolete.
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).
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