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own

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  1. acknowledge            2. have                  
 
1. own \'o-n\ aj [ME owen, fr. OE a-gen; akin to OHG eigan own, ON eigin]n, 
   OE a-gan to possess - more at OWE : belonging to oneself or itself - usu. 
   used following a possessive cas e or pronoun
2. own \'o--n*r\ \-.ship\ vt 1: to have or hold as property : POSSESS  2: 
   ACKNOWLEDGE, ADMIT {~ a debt}  : ADMIT, CONFESS - used with to or up  - 
   own.er n
3. own pn sing or pl in constr  : one or ones belonging to oneself - used 
   after a possessive and withou t a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in 
   meaning to the adjective own