dictionary helpTo 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)
Origin: OE. Unnen to grant, permit, be pleased with, AS. Unnan to grant; akin to OS. Giunnan, G. Gonnen, Icel. Unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused with own to possess.
(01 Mar 1998)
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