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Antonyms for owning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ohn
Phonetic Transcription : oÊŠn

Definition 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

Synonyms for owning

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