What is the meaning of OWN. Phrases containing OWN
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v. t.
Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
v. i.
To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
n.
The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Own
a.
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.
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.
a.
One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
n.
The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
n.
Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
n.
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
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.
adv.
In a voluntary manner; of one's own will; spontaneously.
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.
n.
Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.
v. i.
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
a.
Without an owner.
n.
One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.
n.
One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.
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