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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
own
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Examples
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If they had been the dwellers on Fifth Avenue he would not have expected them to be interested in him and his plans and desires; but these were his very own people, at least the "ownest" he had in the world, and among them he had once gone freely, confidently.
Lo, Michael! Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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Nao de kurent crop ob hauskats only noms dere ownest fuds.
Nom Nom Turn Nom Nom - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Swear to me by Holy Law replete with signs and instances that thou ownest the creed of the Best of
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And what is she weird, haughty Niluna, that she will snatch from my ownest hair!
Finnegans Wake 2006
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In every thing else, as thou ownest, her talents greatly superior to thine! —
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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So say I to thee, on occasion of thy severity to thy poor friend, who, as thou ownest, has furnished thee (ungenerous as thou art!) with the weapons thou brandishest so fearfully against him. —
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Then mayhap he would embrace her gently, like a real man, crushing her soft body to him, and love her, his ownest girlie, for herself alone.
Ulysses 2003
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Without doubt, O son, high and great benefits will be reaped by thee who ownest that foremost of all persons, viz.,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Salutations to thee that ownest a bull for thy vehicle, to thee that proceedest riding on the foremost of elephants, to thee that art obtained with difficulty, to thee that art capable of going to places unapproachable by others.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Salutations to thee that art red of colour, to thee that art clad in red vestments, to thee that ownest a red banner with red flags, to thee that wearest red garlands and usest red unguents.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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