His

2 definitions found

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

  His \His\ (h[i^]z), pron. [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. &
     neut. of h[=e], neut. hit. See {He}.]
     1. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal
        adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers
        are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now
        obsolete.


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              No comfortable star did lend his light. --Shak.
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              Who can impress the forest, bid the tree
              Unfix his earth-bound root?           --Shak.
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     Note: Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as
           a sign of the possessive. "The king his son." --Shak.
           "By young Telemachus his blooming years." --Pope. This
           his is probably a corruption of the old possessive
           ending -is or -es, which, being written as a separate
           word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.
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     2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. "The sea is
        his, and he made it." --Ps. xcv. 5.
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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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