self-same

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SELF'-SAME, adjective [self and same.] Numerically the same; the very same; identical. SELF'-SEEKING, adjective [self and seek.] Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
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