Self-posited

Self-posited
Self-posited Self`-pos"it*ed, a. Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself. [1913 Webster]

These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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