Main Entry: ²own

Function: verb

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb

1 a : to have or hold as property : possess b : to have power or mastery over <wanted to own his own life>
2 : to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit <own a debt>intransitive verb : to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed —used with to or up

synonyms see acknowledge

— own·er \ˈō-nər\ noun