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Meaning
Adj
●
Belonging to;
possessed
;
acquired
;
proper
to;
proper
ty of;
titled
to;
held
in
one's
name
; under/using the
name
of. Often
marks
a
possessive determiner
as
reflexive
,
referring
back to the
subject
of the
clause
or sentence.
●
Not shared.
●
Peculiar, domestic.
●
Not foreign.
Verb
●
To have
rightful
possession
of (property,
goods
or
capital
); to have
legal
title
to; to
acquire
a
property
or asset.
●
To have
recognized
political
sovereignty
over a place,
territory
, as
distinct
from the
ordinary
connotation
of
property
ownership.
●
To
defeat
or
embarrass
; to overwhelm.
●
To
virtually
or
figuratively
enslave.
●
In Video games:
To
defeat
,
dominate
, or be above, also
spelled
pwn.
●
In Computing:
To
illicitly
obtain
superuser
or
root
access to a
computer system
, thereby having access to
all of
the
user
files
on that system; pwn.
●
To be very good.
●
To
admit
,
concede
,
grant
,
allow
,
acknowledge
,
confess
; not to deny.
●
To
admit
;
concede
; acknowledge.
●
To
proudly
acknowledge
; to not
be ashamed
or
embarrassed
of.
●
To
take responsibility
for.
●
To
recognise
; acknowledge.
●
To
claim
as
one's
own.
●
In British English:
To confess.
Noun
●
A
crushing
insult.
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Wiktionary
Origin
own
English
owen
Middle English (1100-1500)
agan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
unnen
Middle English (1100-1500)
unnan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Owne
'N
Acquire
Beat
Defeat
Overcome
Overthrow
Vanquish
Have
Take
Best
Possess
Acknowledge
Admit
Hold
Steal
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Antonyms
Disown
Related
Buy
Ours
Yours
Choose
Use
Self
Acquire
Do
Theirs
Purchase
Hers
Value
Sell
Inherit
Had
Share
Love
Unique
Save
Family
Accept
Beloved
Represent
Rent
Lose
Real
See
Friend
Original
Earn
Alone
Father
Life
Birthright
View
Want
Trust
Someone
Beautiful
All Of
Personal Property
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Rhymes
Own
Sone
Cone
Moan
Joan
Sown
Lone
Rown
Tone
Bone
Hone
Pone
Loan
Zone
Mown
Tone
Roan
Sewn
Shown
Rhone
Slone
Scone
Sloan
Drone
Grown
Groan
Atone
Phone
Prone
Stone
Slown
SaôNe
Thone
Shone
Crone
Clone
Alone
Flown
Blown
Rhone
Intone
Malone
Bemoan
Maroon
Tyrone
Enzone
Crosne
Disown
Throne
Simone
Depone
Thrown
Theron
Palone
Calzone
Condone
Sabayon
Prepone
Cologne
Propone
Enthrone
Outgrown
Postpone
Overblown
Overgrown
Overthrown
Disenthrone
Sine Qua Non
Eau De Cologne
Sine Quibus Non
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