单词 | self-living |
释义 | self-livingadj. Now rare. Endowed with life intrinsically, independently of any cause; self-existing.Chiefly with reference to God. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing > self-existent self-being1599 self-subsisting1608 self-essential1610 self-substantial1630 self-subsistent1646 self-existing1647 self-essentiated1653 self-existent1663 self-living1668 self-standing1871 1668 Duchess of Newcastle Grounds Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) i. viii. 7 If Nature were not Self-knowing, Self-living, and also Perceptive, she would run into Confusion. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 236 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. These kinds of Vitalities..are immediately Self-living. 1750 Funeral of Infidelity 6 Every Perception, or Idea and Motion, proves that there is a self-living God, of infinite Truth, Holiness, Power and Goodness. 1856 R. Duncan Of Living by Faith i. iv. 29 God, the self-living creator of all things, had sent him unto them. 1881 J. Tiffany Man & Destiny i. iv. 41 This perfected individuality..becomes immortal through its unceasing relation to, and its receptivity from, the Absolute or Self-living Presence. 1996 T. F. Torrance Christian Doctr. God viii. 224 The eternally self-living God, the Creator and Redeemer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1668 |
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