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self-acting

[self-ak-ting]
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adjective
  1. acting by itself; automatic.
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Origin of self-acting

First recorded in 1670–80
Related formsself-ac·tion, noun
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Examples from the Web for self-acting

Historical Examples

  • I suppose the machine is not self-acting, and that he knew that before he came here.'

    Roland Cashel

    Charles James Lever

  • As a self-acting dispenser of gratuitous counsel he was immense.

    Days in the Open

    Lathan A. Crandall

  • He who is self-acting out of the fulness of His power, is the author of a deed, no other.

  • It is this which constitutes person, or the self-acting ego.

    Evolution

    Joseph Le Conte

  • Is it a thing which exists and is self-acting like the cholera?

British Dictionary definitions for self-acting

self-acting

adjective
  1. not requiring an external influence or control to function; automatic
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Derived Formsself-action, noun
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