Own (IPA: /ˈoʊn/)
| Own (v. t.) |
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. |
| Own (a.) |
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. |
| 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. |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " ""as the cinema shows us, they are much more accessible and, for that matter, much more wanton than our own women"" - Anthony Burgess |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see; To rule o'er freemen, should themselves be free." - Freedom |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "we learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others." - W. Somerset Maugham |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ""I would be grateful if I was allowed to work out my own destiny for once ," I said. For good or ill ."" - Michael Moorcock |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "You never know until you look ," said Nanny Ogg, expounding her own Uncertainty Principle. (p. 350)" - Discworld |
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