Synonyms for owning

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ohn

Phonetic Transcription : oʊn

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Définition of owning

Origin : Old English agen "one's own," literally "possessed by," from Proto-Germanic *aigana- "possessed, owned" (cf. Old Saxon egan, Old Frisian egin, Old Norse eiginn, Dutch eigen, German eigen "own"), from past participle of PIE *aik- "to be master of, possess," source of Old English agan "to have" (see owe).

verb possess; be responsible for
verb acknowledge, admit

Example sentences :

It was to be at his free disposal, and this was nearly the same thing as owning it.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Rights we had bargained for with men, which they, not owning them, had gravely given!
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

I shrunk with morbid nervousness from owning to any knowledge of Eugen.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

She smiled down at him as though she were owning to something worthy; "I hope so," she said.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

The fact that he had left it did not restore to him his old feeling of owning the earth.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

If I had any chance of owning you I'd never let you out of my sight.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

"No more so than was your statement of owning the isle," was the answer.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle » by Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)

Well, uncle had a fancy for owning the village; so he bought it up bit by bit.
Extract from : « The Golden Shoemaker » by J. W. Keyworth

And you must do me the justice of owning that I have done nothing to force Dora's inclinations.
Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler

First among these came the small farmers, often owning a few slaves.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various

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