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OWN
own, have, possess
(verb) have ownership or possession of; āHe owns three houses in Floridaā; āHow many cars does she have?ā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
own
Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
Not shared
(obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.
(obsolete) Not foreign.
Usage notes
• Often used for implication of ownership, often with emphasis. In modern usage, it always follows a possessive determiner, or a noun in the possessive case.
Etymology 2
Verb
own (third-person singular simple present owns, present participle owning, simple past and past participle owned)
(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
(transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
(transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
(transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
(online gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
(transitive, computing, slang) To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
Synonyms
• (have rightful possession of): to possess
• (defeat): beat, defeat, overcome, overthrow, vanquish, have, take, best
Etymology 3
Verb
own (third-person singular simple present owns, present participle owning, simple past and past participle owned)
(transitive, obsolete) To grant; give.
(intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
(transitive) To admit; concede; acknowledge.
(transitive) To take responsibility for.
(transitive) To answer to.
(transitive) To recognise; acknowledge.
(transitive) To claim as one's own.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To confess.
Antonyms
• disown
Anagrams
• NOW, NWO, now, won
Source: Wiktionary
Own, v. t. Etym: [OE. unnen to grant, permit, be pleased with, AS. unnan to grant; akin to OS. giunnan, G. gƶnnen, Icel. unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused with own to possess.]
Definition: 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.
Own, a. Etym: [OE. owen, awen, auen, aughen, AS. agen, p. p. of agan to possess; akin to OS. egan, G. & D. eigen, Icel. eiginn, Sw. & Dan. egen. sq. root110. See Owe.]
Definition: 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.
Own, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Owned; p. pr. & vb. n. Owning.] Etym: [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. agnian, fr. agen own, a. See Own, a.]
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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