[own] adj [ME owen, fr. OE agen; akin to OHG eigan own, ON eiginn, OE agan to possess--more at owe] (bef. 12c) 1: belonging to oneself or itself--usu. used following a possessive case or possessive adjective "cooked my ~ dinner" 2--used to express immediate or direct kinship "an ~ son" "an ~ sister"
[2]own vt (bef. 12c) 1 a: to have or hold as property: possess b: to have power over: control "wanted to ~ his own life"
2: to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed: admit "~ a debt" ~ vi: to acknowledge something to be true, valid, or as claimed--used with to or up syn see acknowledge -- own.er n [3]own pron, sing or pl in constr (bef. 12c): one or ones belonging to oneself--used after a possessive and without a following noun "gave out books so that each of us had our ~" "a room of your ~" -- on one's own : for or by oneself: independently of assistance or control