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

  I \I\ ([imac]).
     1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its
        form from the Ph[oe]nician, through the Latin and the
        Greek. The Ph[oe]nician letter was probably of Egyptian
        origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of
        the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is


        most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent,
        beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS.
        [thorn]ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I
        has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in
        p[imac]ne, [imac]ce; and the short sound, as in p[i^]n. It
        has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in
        thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign
        origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of
        consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another
        vowel), as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It
        enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize,
        feign. friend; and with o often forms a proper diphtong,
        as in oil, join, coin. See Guide to Pronunciation,
        [sect][sect] 98-106.
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     Note: The dot which we place over the small or lower case i
           dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J
           were originally represented by the same character, and
           even after the introduction of the form J into English
           dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till
           a comparatively recent time, classed together.
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     2. In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes,
        which is pronounced nearly like it.
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     3. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  I- \I-\, prefix.
     See {Y-}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  I \I\ ([imac]), pron. [poss. {My} (m[imac]) or {Mine}
     (m[imac]n); object. {Me} (m[=e]). pl. nom. {We} (w[=e]);
     poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours} (ourz); object. {Us} ([u^]s).]
     [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G.
     ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ.
     ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n, Skr. aham. [root]179.
     Cf. {Egoism}.]
     The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the
     word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Personal \Per"son*al\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf.
     F. personnel.]
     1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
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              Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
        affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
        peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
        general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
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              The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
              and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
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     3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
        corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
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     4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
        "Personal communication." --Fabyan.
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              The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
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     5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
        motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
        manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
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     6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
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     {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man
        claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
        or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
        to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
        goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
  
     {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}.
  
     {Personal estate} or {Personal property} (Law), movables;
        chattels; -- opposed to {real estate} or {real property}.
        It usually consists of things temporary and movable,
        including all subjects of property not of a freehold
        nature.
  
     {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
        unity of the individual person, which is attested by
        consciousness.
  
     {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou},
        {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals.
  
     {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or
        administrators of a person deceased.
  
     {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
        rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
        private property.
  
     {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}.
  
     {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
        inflected to correspond with the three persons.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Y- \Y-\, or I- \I-\ . [OE. y-, i-, AS. ge-, akin to D. & G. ge-,
     OHG. gi-, ga-, Goth. ga-, and perhaps to Latin con-;
     originally meaning, together. Cf. {Com-}, {Aware}, {Enough},
     {Handiwork}, {Ywis}.]
     A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs,
     adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle
     English period, it was little employed except with verbs,
     being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally
     with the infinitive. Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only
     word not entirely obsolete which shows this use.
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           That no wight mighte it see neither yheere. --Chaucer.
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           Neither to ben yburied nor ybrent.       --Chaucer.
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     Note: Some examples of Chaucer's use of this prefix are; ibe,
           ibeen, icaught, ycome, ydo, idoon, ygo, iproved,
           ywrought. It inough, enough, it is combined with an
           adjective. Other examples are in the Vocabulary.
           [1913 Webster] Spenser and later writers frequently
           employed this prefix when affecting an archaic style,
           and sometimes used it incorrectly.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  i
       adj : used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is
             Scottish" [syn: {one}, {1}, {ane}]
       n 1: a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used
            especially in medicine and photography and in dyes;
            occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities
            (as in sea water or rocks) [syn: {iodine}, {iodin}, {atomic
            number 53}]
       2: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this
          number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to
          go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: {one}, {1}, {ace},
           {single}, {unity}]
       3: the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "I":
     I myself, ace, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana,
     atman, atom, ba, better self, breath, breath of life, buddhi,
     divine breath, ego, ethical self, he, heart, her, herself, him,
     himself, inner man, inner self, it, jiva, jivatma, khu, manes, me,
     mind, monad, my humble self, myself, nephesh, no other, none else,
     nothing else, nought beside, number one, one, one and only,
     oneself, other self, ourselves, pneuma, psyche, purusha, ruach,
     self, shade, shadow, she, soul, spirit, spiritual being, spiritus,
     subconscious self, subliminal self, superego, the self, them,
     themselves, they, unit, you, yours truly, yourself, yourselves
  
  

















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