Owning

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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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