Her
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. {She}; poss. {Her}. or {Hers}; obj.
{Her}; pl. nom. {They}; poss. {Their}or {Theirs}; obj.
{Them}.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se['o], fem. of the
definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[imac], si, Icel. s[=u],
sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem.,
this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. The possessive
her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different
root. See {Her}.]
1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to;
the animal of the female sex, or object personified as
feminine, which was spoken of.
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She loved her children best in every wise.
--Chaucer.
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Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen.
xviii. 15.
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2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
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Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
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Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender,
for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as,
a she-bear; a she-cat.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Her \Her\, pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat.
sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of h['e]o she. from the
same root as E. he. See {He}.]
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the
personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
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Note: The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun
with which in agrees is not given, but implied. "And
what his fortune wanted, hers could mend." --Dryden.
Her
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "her":
I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego,
ethical self, female, female being, he, herself, him, himself,
inner man, inner self, it, me, my humble self, myself, number one,
oneself, other self, ourselves, self, she, subconscious self,
subliminal self, superego, them, themselves, they, you,
yours truly, yourself, yourselves
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