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Webster 1913 Edition
Own
Own
(ōn)
, Verb.
T.
[OE.
unnen
to grant, permit, be pleased with, AS. unnan
to grant; akin to OS. giunnan
, G. gönnen
, 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 loveThe wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide;
But his sagacious eye an inmate
But his sagacious eye an inmate
owns
. Keats.
Own
,Adj.
[OE.
owen
, awen
, auen
, aughen
, AS. āgen
, p. p. of āgan
to possess; akin to OS. ēgan
, G. & D. eigen
, Icel. eiginn
, Sw. & Dan. egen
. √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;
“No man was his own [i. e., no man was master of himself, or in possession of his senses].” as, my
own
father; my own
composition; my own
idea; at my own
price. 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.
Own
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Owned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Owning
.] 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 houseWebster 1828 Edition
Own
OWN
,Adj.
1.
Belonging to; possessed; peculiar; usually expressing property with emphasis, or in express exclusion of others. It follows my, your, his, their, thy, her. God created man in his own image. Adam begat a son in his own likeness. Let them fall by their own counsel. He washed us from our sins in his own blood. In the phrases, his own nations, his own country, the word own denotes that the person belongs to the nation or country.
2.
Own often follows a verb; as, the book is not my own, that is, my own book.3.
It is used as a substitute.That they may dwell in a place of their own. 2Sam. 7.
In this use, a noun cannot follow own.
4.
'He came to his own, and his own received him not,' that is, his own nation or people; own being here used as a substitute, like many other adjectives.OWN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To have the legal or rightful title to; to have the exclusive right of possession and use. A free holder in the United states owns his farm. Men often own land or goods which are not in their possession.2.
To have the legal right to, without the exclusive right to use; as, a man owns the land in front of his farm to the middle of the highway.3.
To acknowledge to belong to; to avow or admit that the property belongs to.When you come, find me out and own me for your son.
4.
To avow; to confess, as a fault, crime or other act; that is, to acknowledge that one has done the act; as, to own the faults of youth; to own our guilt. The man is charged with theft, but he has not owned it.5.
In general, to acknowledge; to confess; to avow; to admit to be true; not to deny; as, to own our weakness and frailty.Many own the gospel of salvation more from custom than conviction.