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Definition of Own

Own 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. 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. 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. Related Definitions: Acknowledge, Admit, As, At, Be, Belonging, Character, Composition, Confess, Emphasize, Especially, Exclusive, Father, Following, Forfeited, Frequently, Grant, Have, Her, His, Hold, House, Idea, In, Intensify, Interest, Legal, Love, Most, My, Of, Or, Order, Our, Own, Ownership, Particular, Peculiar, Possess, Possessive, Possessor, Price, Pronoun, Property, Proprietor, Recognize, Rightful, That, The, Their, Thy, Title, To, True, We, Your

Own Quotations I was always my own person. Little Richard Begin with another's to end with your own. Baltasar Gracian Get to like your own body. Sue Johanson Those who own much have much to fear. Rabindranath Tagore Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is. Jean Jacques Rousseau

Own Translations own in Afrikaans is besit, eie own in Danish is egen, besidde, eje own in Dutch is rijk zijn, bezitten, erop nahouden own in Finnish is oma, omistaa own in German is eigen, eigene, besitzen, eigen, zugeben own in Italian is proprio, possedere own in Spanish is propio, poseer, conceder

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