adj.
Function: transitive verb
Date: before 12th century
1 a : to have or hold as property : POSSESS b : to have power or mastery over <wanted to own his own life>
2 : to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : ADMIT < own a debt>
intransitive verb : to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed ― used with to or up
synonyms see ACKNOWLEDGE
– own · er \ ' ō -n ə r \ noun