self-action
- a word derived from self-acting.
Example Sentences
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But there are circumstances in which such self-action is ruinous to so many that coercion from the outside becomes absolutely needed.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony
To believe in Nature, in its self-existence, its self-subsistence, its self-action, its eternity, infinity, and materiality, and in that only, is Affirmative Atheism.*
From The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? by Holyoake, George Jacob
Look you! a savage thinks that there is a diabolism in the self-action of a watch—in the reflection of a looking-glass.
From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
The machine did the labour, and by its self-action did the work in the most perfect manner.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel
Life and self-action in dead wood and iron are phenomena too striking and pregnant with meaning to be wisely slurred or ignored.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
