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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[i^]z); obj. {Him} (h[i^]m); pl nom. {They} ([th][=a]); poss. {Their} or {Theirs} ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. {Them} ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h?, masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.; pl h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries hi D. hij, OS he hi G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this [root]183. Cf {It}.] 1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated. Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. --Gen. iii. 16. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. --Deut. x. 20. 2. Any one the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov. xiii. 20. 3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively. --Chaucer. I stand to answer thee, Or any he the proudest of thy sort. --Shak. Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as a he-goat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: His \His\, pron. [AS. his of him his gen. masc. & neut. of h?, neut. hit. See {He}.] 1. Belonging or pertaining to him -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its but this use is now obsolete. No comfortable star did lend his light. --Shak. Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound root? --Shak. Note: Also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. ``The king his son.'' --Shak. ``By young Telemachus his blooming years.'' --Pope. This his is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending -is or -es, which being written as a separate word was at length confounded with the pronoun his 2. The possessive of he as the book is his ``The sea is his and he made it.'' --Ps. xcv. 5.
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