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单词 own
释义 own
I. \ˈōn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English owen, from Old English āgen; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse eiginn; derivative from the root of Old English āgan to possess, own — more at owe
1. : belonging to oneself or itself — usually used following a possessive case or pronoun to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership, and usually with reflexive force
 < my own father >
 < his own composition >
2. — used to specify an immediate or direct relationship
 < an own brother >
 < an own cousin >
 < own sister to the queen >
3. — used to indicate or intensify the idea of one's own self as agent or doer
 < cooked his own meal >
 < acted as his own lawyer >

- be one's own man
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to have or hold as property or appurtenance : have a rightful title to, whether legal or natural : possess
2.
 a.
  (1) : to acknowledge as one's own
   < own a fault >
   < which the author had once owned as her habitat — C.W.Ferguson >
  (2) of a mother animal : to acknowledge (offspring) as one's own by nursing and taking care of
 b. archaic : to acknowledge as an acquaintance : give recognition to
 c. archaic : to lay claim to : claim for one's own
3. archaic : to manifest one's approval or acceptance of : countenance
4.
 a. : to acknowledge (someone or something) to be what is claimed : concede to be true or valid : admit, recognize
  < own a debt >
  < owned him to be their master >
  < would not own his mistake >
 b. : to acknowledge the supremacy or authority of : yield obedience to
intransitive verb
: admit, confess — used with to
 < an old gentleman who owned to eighty-six years — Osbert Sitwell >
 < wouldn't own to knowin' me these days — Rex Ingamells >
Synonyms: see acknowledge, have

- own the line
III. pronoun, singular or plural in construction
: one or ones belonging to oneself — used after a possessive
 < gave out books so that each student had his own >

- get one's own back
- into one's own
- on one's own
IV. transitive verb
: to have power or mastery over (as in competition)
 < a pitcher can virtually own one team and … have so little success against another — Sport >
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