of one's own accord
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It also carries the meaning self, of one's own accord: i bobongi ka manata tetea ana marana the morrow can take care of itself.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
Hence it is folly and overscrupulousness to add restrictions of one's own accord except in critical instances, as indicated above.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
One should repair of one's own accord unto those foremost of Brahmanas that do not solicit anybody and make unto them gifts of diverse kinds of wealth in abundance.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Yet even the feelings which one experiences by contagion one can experience only of one's own accord, in one's own way, and according to one's disposition.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; Ð preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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