Him

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[i^]z); obj.
     {Him} (h[i^]m); pl. nom. {They} ([th][=a]); poss. {Their} or
     {Theirs} ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. {Them}
     ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h[=e], masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.;
     pl. h[imac], or hie, hig; akin to OFries. hi, D. hij, OS. he,
     hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina,


     accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his
     this. [root]183. Cf. {It}.]
     1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the
        masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a
        pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
        specified subject already indicated.
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              Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
              rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                                    16.
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              Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
              serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.
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     2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
        usually followed by a relative pronoun.
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              He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                                    xiii. 20.
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     3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
        substantively. --Chaucer.
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              I stand to answer thee,
              Or any he, the proudest of thy sort.  --Shak.
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     Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
           of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
           feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
           well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
           composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Him \Him\ (h[i^]m), pron.
     Them. See {Hem}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Him \Him\, pron. [AS. him, dat. of h[=e]. [root]183. See {He}.]
     The objective case of he. See {He}.
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           Him that is weak in the faith receive.   --Rom. xiv. 1.
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           Friends who have given him the most sympathy.
                                                    --Thackeray.
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     Note: In old English his and him were respectively the
           genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This
           use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used
           with the reflexive sense of himself.
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                 I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
                 Did bear him like a noble gentleman. --Shak.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "him":
     I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego,
     ethical self, gentleman, he, her, herself, himself, his, hombre,
     homme, inner man, inner self, it, male, male being, male person,
     man, masculine, me, my humble self, myself, number one, oneself,
     other self, ourselves, self, she, subconscious self,
     subliminal self, superego, them, themselves, they, you,
     yours truly, yourself, yourselves