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self-apply
self-apply v.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfəˈplʌɪ/
, /ˌsɛlfəˈplʌɪ/U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈplaɪ/
transitive to apply (something) oneself; (now chiefly) to apply (something) to oneself./ˌsɛlfəˈplaɪ/ΚΠ
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2v If I had selfe applyed Loue to my selfe.
1781 H. Downman tr. Voltaire Brutus ii. i, in Dramatic Wks. I. 249 Why thus Exasperate the wound, and give it force By anguish self-applied?
1835 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Oct. 731 Mrs. Voysey..took great pains with her pupils, instructing them on the subject of religion... Yet nothing that Miss Randoll heard was self-applied.
1968 Word Study Dec. 4/1 The term kingfish may be applied to an undisputed leader or master. It has been used as a personal appellation, self-applied I believe, to Huey Long.
2010 L. Braun & M. Cohen Herbs & Natural Suppl. (ed. 3) 43 Educating patients who self-apply essential oils is an important aspect of safe use.
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- full head of steam
- full house
- full houses
- full iwis
- full jump
- full length
- full lieutenant
- full load
- full lock
- full lotus
- full man
- full many
- full marks
- full midday
- full monty
- friend-pretending
- friend-seeming
- friend-spectator
- friend-stead
- friend-strong
- friendable
- friendbetraying
- friended
- friendess
- friendfinding