Verified AnswerDefinition
| • | 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. |
