She

3 definitions found

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

  She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. {She}; poss. {Her}. or {Hers}; obj.
     {Her}; pl. nom. {They}; poss. {Their}or {Theirs}; obj.
     {Them}.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the
     definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
     siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[imac], si, Icel. s[=u],
     sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem.,


     this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive
     her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different
     root. See {Her}.]
     1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to;
        the animal of the female sex, or object personified as
        feminine, which was spoken of.
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              She loved her children best in every wise.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen.
                                                    xviii. 15.
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     2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
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              Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
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     Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender,
           for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as,
           a she-bear; a she-cat.
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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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

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