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