Own

5 definitions found

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

  Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Owning}.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
     own, a. See {Own}, a.]
     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.


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

  Own \Own\ ([=o]n), v. t. [OE. unnen to grant, permit, be pleased
     with, AS. unnan to grant; akin to OS. giunnan, G. g["o]nnen,
     Icel. unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused
     with own to possess.]
     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.
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           The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide;
           But his sagacious eye an inmate owns.    --Keats.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Own \Own\, a. [OE. owen, awen, auen, aughen, AS. [=a]gen, p. p.
     of [=a]gan to possess; akin to OS. [=e]gan, G. & D. eigen,
     Icel. eiginn, Sw. & Dan. egen. [root]110. See {Owe}.]
     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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  own
       adj : belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially
             yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own
             use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes";
             "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: {own(a)}, {ain}]
       v : have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in
           Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: {have}, {possess}]

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

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "own":
     accept, acknowledge, admit, admit everything, agree provisionally,
     allow, assent grudgingly, avow, by one, come clean, concede,
     confess, cop a plea, enjoy, express general agreement,
     free and clear, go along with, grant, have, have title to, held,
     hold, in fee, in fee simple, in hand, in seisin, in stock,
     in store, let on, not oppose, on hand, open up, out with it,
     own up, owned, plead guilty, possess, possessed, recognize, retain,
     spill, spill it, spit it out, tell all, tell the truth, warrant,
     yield