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   He (hē), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (hĭz); obj. Him (hĭm); pl. nom. They (thā); poss. Their or Theirs (thârz or thārz); obj. Them (thĕm).] [AS. hē, masc., heó, fem., hit, neut.; pl. hī, or hie, hig; akin to OFries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this.  √183.  Cf. It.]
   
   1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.
   
   [1913 Webster] Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Gen. iii. 16.
   
   [1913 Webster] Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. Deut. x. 20.
   
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   2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.
   
   [1913 Webster] He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. Prov. xiii. 20.
   
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   3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively.  Chaucer.
   
   [1913 Webster] I stand to answer thee,
   Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster] ☞ When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
   
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   He (?), (Chem.) The chemical symbol for helium.
   
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