«own» – dictionnaire explicatif Anglais

adj belonging to you alone ○ I don’t need to borrow a car – I have my own car. ○ He has his own hairdressing shop. Synonym personal ■ noun □ of my or his own belonging to me or to him alone ○ He has an office of his own. ○ I have a car of my own. ○ They got married and now have a house of their own. ■ verb to have or to possess something ○ I don’t own a car. ○ There’s no sense in owning two cars, since my wife doesn’t drive. ○ Who owns this shop?

(on), v. t. [OE. unnen to grant, permit, be pleased with, AS. unnan to grant; akin to OS. giunnan, G. gönnen, Icel. unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused with own to possess.] 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. “The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide;
But his sagacious eye an inmate owns.” Keats.

a. [OE. owen, awen, auen, aughen, AS. agen, p. p. of agan to possess; akin to OS. egan, G. & D. eigen, Icel. eiginn, Sw. & Dan. egen. rad.110. See Owe.] 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. ´No man was his own [i. e., no man was master of himself, or in possession of his senses].´ Shak. To hold one’s own, to keep or maintain one’s possessions; to yield nothing; esp., to suffer no loss or disadvantage in a contest. Shak.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. Owned p. pr. & vb. n. Owning.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. agnian, fr. agen own, a. See Own, 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.