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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. {She}; poss. {Her}. or {Hers}; obj. {Her}; pl nom. {They}; poss. {Their}or {Theirs}; obj. {Them}.] [OE. she sche, scheo, scho, AS se['o], fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf OS siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[=i], si Icel. s[=u], sj[=a], Goth. si she s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this Gr ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her are from a different root. See {Her}.] 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer. Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. 2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.] Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak. Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as a she-bear; a she-cat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Her \Her\, pron. & a. [OE. hire, here hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS hire, gen. and dat. sing. of h['e]o she from the same root as E. he See {He}.] The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she as I saw her with her purse out Note: The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun with which in agrees is not given but implied. ``And what his fortune wanted hers could mend.'' --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Her \Her\, Here \Here\, pron. pl [OE. here hire, AS heora, hyra, gen. pl of h[=e]. See {He}.] Of them their [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. On here bare knees adown they fall. --Chaucer.
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