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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Own  \Own\,  a.  [OE.  owen,  awen,  auen,  aughen  AS  [=a]gen,  p.  p. 
  of  [=a]gan  to  possess;  akin  to  OS  [=e]gan,  G.  &  D.  eigen, 
  Icel.  eiginn  Sw  &  Dan.  egen.  [root]110.  See  {Owe}.] 
  Belonging  to  belonging  exclusively  or  especially  to 
  peculiar;  --  most  frequently  following  a  possessive  pronoun, 
  as  my  our  thy,  your  his  her  its  their  in  order  to 
  emphasize  or  intensify  the  idea  of  property,  peculiar 
  interest,  or  exclusive  ownership;  as  my  own  father;  my  own 
  composition;  my  own  idea;  at  my  own  price.  ``No  man  was  his 
  own  [i.  e.,  no  man  was  master  of  himself,  or  in  possession  of 
  his  senses].''  --Shak. 
 
  {To  hold  one's  own},  to  keep  or  maintain  one's  possessions; 
  to  yield  nothing;  esp.,  to  suffer  no  loss  or  disadvantage 
  in  a  contest.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Own  \Own\  ([=o]n),  v.  t.  [OE.  unnen  to  grant,  permit,  be  pleased 
  with  AS  unnan  to  grant;  akin  to  OS  giunnan  G.  g["o]nnen, 
  Icel.  unna;  of  uncertain  origin.  This  word  has  been  confused 
  with  own  to  possess.] 
  To  grant;  to  acknowledge;  to  admit  to  be  true;  to  confess;  to 
  recognize  in  a  particular  character;  as  we  own  that  we  have 
  forfeited  your  love. 
 
  The  wakeful  bloodhound  rose,  and  shook  his  hide;  But 
  his  sagacious  eye  an  inmate  owns.  --Keats. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Own  \Own\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Owned};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Owning}.]  [OE.  ohnien  ahnien  AS  [=a]gnian,  fr  [=a]gen 
  own  a.  See  {Own},  a.] 
  To  hold  as  property;  to  have  a  legal  or  rightful  title  to  to 
  be  the  proprietor  or  possessor  of  to  possess;  as  to  own  a 
  house. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  own 
  adj  :  belonging  to  or  on  behalf  of  a  specified  person  (especially 
  yourself);  preceded  by  a  possessive;  "for  your  personal 
  use";  "do  one's  own  thing";  "she  makes  her  own 
  clothes";  "`ain'  is  Scottish"  [syn:  {own(a)},  {ain}] 
  v  :  have  ownership  or  possession  of  "He  owns  three  houses  in 
  Florida";  "How  many  cars  does  she  have?"  [syn:  {have},  {possess}] 




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