Self vs. Selve: What's the Difference?
Self and Selve Definitions
Self
The total, essential, or particular being of a person; the individual
"An actor's instrument is the self" (Joan Juliet Buck).
Selve
Self; same.
Self
The essential qualities distinguishing one person from another; individuality
"He would walk a little first along the southern walls, shed his European self, fully enter this world" (Howard Kaplan).
Self
One's consciousness of one's own being or identity; the ego
"For some of us, the self's natural doubts are given in mesmerizing amplification by way of critics' negative assessments of our writing" (Joyce Carol Oates).
Self
One's own interests, welfare, or advantage
Thinking of self alone.
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Self
(Immunology) That which the immune system identifies as belonging to the body
Tissues no longer recognized as self.
Self
Of the same character throughout.
Self
Of the same material as the article with which it is used
A dress with a self belt.
Self
(Obsolete) Same or identical.
Self
To fertilize or pollinate itself. Used of hermaphroditic organisms.
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Self
(obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
Self
Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
Self
One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
One's true self; one's better self; one's former self
Self
The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
Self
An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
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Self
Self-interest or personal advantage.
Self
Identity or personality.
Self
(botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
Self
(botany) A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
Self
Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
Self
(botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
Self
(botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
Self
Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
A self bow: one made from a single piece of wood
A self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
Self
(obsolete) Same, identical.
Self
(obsolete) Belonging to oneself; own.
Self
Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
Self
Same; particular; very; identical.
To shoot another arrow that self wayWhich you did shoot the first.
At that self moment enters Palamon.
Self
Having its own or a single nature or character, as in color, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed; as, a self bow, one made from a single piece of wood; self flower or plant, one which is wholly of one color; self-colored.
Self
The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.
A man's self may be the worst fellow to converse with in the world.
The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.
Self
Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.
Self
Personification; embodiment.
She was beauty's self.
Self
Your consciousness of your own identity
Self
A person considered as a unique individual;
One's own self
Self
Combining form; oneself or itself;
Self-control
Self
Used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self;
Self-knowledge
Self-proclaimed
Self-induced
