Own

Definition of own:

part of speech: verb

To grant: concede: acknowledge.

part of speech: adjective

Possessed: belonging to: peculiar.

part of speech: verb

To possess; admit, as a fault.

part of speech: verb

To confess: followed by to.

part of speech: adjective

Belonging to oneself or itself.

part of speech: verb

To possess; confess; acknowledge.

part of speech: verb

Belonging to; peculiar.

part of speech: verb

To possess: to have a rightful title to.

Usage examples for own:

• Why, I came here of my own will. "Captain Macklin", Richard Harding Davis.

• I'll own to that. "The Hand of Ethelberta", Thomas Hardy.

• It's our own Ethie!" "Ethelyn's Mistake", Mary Jane Holmes.

• All right, go ahead in your own blunderin' way! "The Diamond Pin", Carolyn Wells.