self-endn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈɛnd/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈɛnd/

Forms: see self- prefix and end n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, end n.

Etymology: < self- prefix + end n.

Now rare (very common in 17th and 18th centuries).

A personal or private end or purpose; a selfish aim or object. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > a) personal aim or object(s)

self-end1543

self-respect1609

self-interest1612

self1640

egoisms1795

1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Dij The wytnesses also receyued the same doctrine, to the same selfe ende and purpose.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. f. 241^v Both he that doth allure & he that is allured..haue both regarde to one selfe ende in their doyng.

a1628 F. Greville Let. to Hon. Lady iii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 269 My selfe-end being nothing but your fauor, and my true end your good.

1653 J. Canne Second Voyce from Temple 23 Men of evill and corrupt mindes..looked at their own self-ends, to make themselves great among the people.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 118 He that loves God, loves him for his own good..; but he that Praises him..does it not upon any self-end, but meerly because he thinks it just.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 60 No Treachery, no Self-ends in his own Breast, he cou'd not suspect 'em in others.

1767 Public Advertiser 3 June That the Good and Welfare of the Community in general, to be preferred to the private Interest and Self-ends of Individuals.

1818 C. Lamb On Poet. Wks. G. Wither in Wks. II. 127 The hardness and self-ends which render vanity and egotism hateful.

1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 241 Thou hast wide diapason, Love! dost speak With utterance manifold to one self-end!

1937 O. Wyon tr. E. Brunner Divine Imperative (1941) xxiv. 249 The Divine self end, the growth of the Kingdom of God, includes this natural end.

1978 M. Greene in G. B. Spicker Organism, Med., & Metaphysics 260 A kinesis may be taken as the essential distinction between the internal purposiveness of a self-end and the external purposiveness of neomechanism's mechanical model.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-end
释义	self-endn. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈɛnd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɛnd/ Forms: see self- prefix and end n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, end n. Etymology: < self- prefix + end n. Now rare (very common in 17th and 18th centuries). A personal or private end or purpose; a selfish aim or object. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > a) personal aim or object(s) self-end1543 self-respect1609 self-interest1612 self1640 egoisms1795 1543 J. Bale Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe sig. Dij The wytnesses also receyued the same doctrine, to the same selfe ende and purpose. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius ii. f. 241^v Both he that doth allure & he that is allured..haue both regarde to one selfe ende in their doyng. a1628 F. Greville Let. to Hon. Lady iii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 269 My selfe-end being nothing but your fauor, and my true end your good. 1653 J. Canne Second Voyce from Temple 23 Men of evill and corrupt mindes..looked at their own self-ends, to make themselves great among the people. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 118 He that loves God, loves him for his own good..; but he that Praises him..does it not upon any self-end, but meerly because he thinks it just. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 60 No Treachery, no Self-ends in his own Breast, he cou'd not suspect 'em in others. 1767 Public Advertiser 3 June That the Good and Welfare of the Community in general, to be preferred to the private Interest and Self-ends of Individuals. 1818 C. Lamb On Poet. Wks. G. Wither in Wks. II. 127 The hardness and self-ends which render vanity and egotism hateful. 1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 241 Thou hast wide diapason, Love! dost speak With utterance manifold to one self-end! 1937 O. Wyon tr. E. Brunner Divine Imperative (1941) xxiv. 249 The Divine self end, the growth of the Kingdom of God, includes this natural end. 1978 M. Greene in G. B. Spicker Organism, Med., & Metaphysics 260 A kinesis may be taken as the essential distinction between the internal purposiveness of a self-end and the external purposiveness of neomechanism's mechanical model. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1543
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