- 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. 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. Source: opted
- 3. 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. Source: opted
- 4. adj. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive Source: wordnet
- 5. v. have ownership or possession of Source: wordnet
- 6. 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 owns. Keats. 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. 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. Source: webster
- 7. To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; torecognize in a particular character; as, we own that we haveforfeited your love.The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide owns. Keats. Source: adambom
- 8. d:87/v:13 v. have ownership or possession of s. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive Source: ecdict
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