Own

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj 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.

II. Own ·vt 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.

III. Own ·adj 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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