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  3  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]: 
 
  They  \They\  ([th][=a]),  pron.  pl.;  poss.  {Theirs};  obj.  {Them}. 
  [Icel.  [thorn]eir  they  properly  nom.  pl  masc.  of  s[=a], 
  s[=u],  [thorn]at,  a  demonstrative  pronoun,  akin  to  the 
  English  definite  article,  AS  s[=e],  se['o],  [eth][ae]t,  nom. 
  pl  [eth][=a].  See  {That}.] 
  The  plural  of  he  she  or  it  They  is  never  used  adjectively, 
  but  always  as  a  pronoun  proper,  and  sometimes  refers  to 
  persons  without  an  antecedent  expressed. 
 
  Jolif  and  glad  they  went  unto  here  [their]  rest  And 
  casten  hem  [them]  full  early  for  to  sail.  --Chaucer. 
 
  They  of  Italy  salute  you  --Heb.  xiii. 
  24. 
 
  Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thirst  after 
  righteousness.  --Matt.  v.  6. 
 
  Note:  They  is  used  indefinitely,  as  our  ancestors  used  man, 
  and  as  the  French  use  on  as  they  say  (French  on  dit), 
  that  is  it  is  said  by  persons  not  specified. 
 
  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.