Defn: One who examines himself; one given to self-examination. The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our nature as well as good. Coleridge.
SELF-EXAMINATION
Self`-ex*am`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.
SELF-EXCITE
Self`-ex*cite", v. t. (Elec.)
Defn: To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.
SELF-EXISTENCE
Self`-ex*ist"ence, n.
Defn: Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; — an attribute peculiar to God. Blackmore.
SELF-EXISTENT
Self`-ex*ist"ent, a.
Defn: Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; — as, God is the only self-existent being.
SELF-EXPLAINING self`-ex*plain"ing, a.