OWN
- belonging to oneself or itself usually used following a possessive case or possessive adjective cooked my own dinner
- ed to express immediate or direct kinship an own son an own sister
- of or belonging to
- to possess
- to acknowledge
- to take possession of that which is due or owed one
- to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit
- to get revenge and thereby a sense of personal satisfaction, as for a slight or a previous setback; get even with somebody or something
- to maintain one's position or condition
- to be equal to the opposition
- belonging to oneself
- by dint of one's own efforts, resources, or sense of responsibility; independently
- to have as a possession [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to have as a belonging [v OWNED, OWNING, OWNS] : OWNABLE [adj]
- living or functioning without dependence on others; independent