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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  She  \She\,  pron.  [sing.  nom.  {She};  poss.  {Her}.  or  {Hers};  obj. 
  {Her};  pl  nom.  {They};  poss.  {Their}or  {Theirs};  obj. 
  {Them}.]  [OE.  she  sche,  scheo,  scho,  AS  se['o],  fem.  of  the 
  definite  article,  originally  a  demonstrative  pronoun;  cf  OS 
  siu,  D.  zij,  G.  sie,  OHG.  siu,  s[=i],  si  Icel.  s[=u], 
  sj[=a],  Goth.  si  she  s[=o],  fem.  article,  Russ.  siia,  fem., 
  this  Gr  ?,  fem.  article,  Skr.  s[=a],  sy[=a].  The  possessive 
  her  or  hers,  and  the  objective  her  are  from  a  different 
  root.  See  {Her}.] 
  1.  This  or  that  female;  the  woman  understood  or  referred  to 
  the  animal  of  the  female  sex,  or  object  personified  as 
  feminine,  which  was  spoken  of 
 
  She  loved  her  children  best  in  every  wise. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Then  Sarah  denied,  .  .  .  for  she  was  afraid.  --Gen. 
  xviii.  15. 
 
  2.  A  woman;  a  female;  --  used  substantively.  [R.] 
 
  Lady,  you  are  the  cruelest  she  alive.  --Shak. 
 
  Note:  She  is  used  in  composition  with  nouns  of  common  gender, 
  for  female,  to  denote  an  animal  of  the  female  sex;  as 
  a  she-bear;  a  she-cat. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Personal  \Per"son*al\,  a.  [L.  personalis:  cf  F.  personnel.] 
  1.  Pertaining  to  human  beings  as  distinct  from  things 
 
  Every  man  so  termed  by  way  of  personal  difference. 
  --Hooker. 
 
  2.  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  particular  person;  relating  to  or 
  affecting,  an  individual,  or  each  of  many  individuals; 
  peculiar  or  proper  to  private  concerns;  not  public  or 
  general;  as  personal  comfort;  personal  desire. 
 
  The  words  are  conditional,  --  If  thou  doest  well  -- 
  and  so  personal  to  Cain.  --Locke. 
 
  3.  Pertaining  to  the  external  or  bodily  appearance; 
  corporeal;  as  personal  charms.  --Addison. 
 
  4.  Done  in  person;  without  the  intervention  of  another. 
  ``Personal  communication.''  --Fabyan. 
 
  The  immediate  and  personal  speaking  of  God.  --White. 
 
  5.  Relating  to  an  individual,  his  character,  conduct, 
  motives,  or  private  affairs,  in  an  invidious  and  offensive 
  manner;  as  personal  reflections  or  remarks. 
 
  6.  (Gram.)  Denoting  person;  as  a  personal  pronoun. 
 
  {Personal  action}  (Law),  a  suit  or  action  by  which  a  man 
  claims  a  debt  or  personal  duty,  or  damages  in  lieu  of  it 
  or  wherein  he  claims  satisfaction  in  damages  for  an  injury 
  to  his  person  or  property,  or  the  specific  recovery  of 
  goods  or  chattels;  --  opposed  to  real  action 
 
  {Personal  equation}.  (Astron.)  See  under  {Equation}. 
 
  {Personal  estate}  or  {property}  (Law),  movables;  chattels;  -- 
  opposed  to  real  estate  or  property.  It  usually  consists  of 
  things  temporary  and  movable,  including  all  subjects  of 
  property  not  of  a  freehold  nature. 
 
  {Personal  identity}  (Metaph.),  the  persistent  and  continuous 
  unity  of  the  individual  person,  which  is  attested  by 
  consciousness. 
 
  {Personal  pronoun}  (Gram.),  one  of  the  pronouns  {I},  {thou}, 
  {he},  {she},  {it},  and  their  plurals. 
 
  {Personal  representatives}  (Law),  the  executors  or 
  administrators  of  a  person  deceased. 
 
  {Personal  rights},  rights  appertaining  to  the  person;  as  the 
  rights  of  a  personal  security,  personal  liberty,  and 
  private  property. 
 
  {Personal  tithes}.  See  under  {Tithe}. 
 
  {Personal  verb}  (Gram.),  a  verb  which  is  modified  or 
  inflected  to  correspond  with  the  three  persons.




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