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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.
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Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Gen. iii. 16.
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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.
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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.
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I stand to answer thee,
Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. Shak.
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☞ 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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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. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, sī, si, Icel. sū, sjā, Goth. si she, sō, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. , fem. article, Skr. sā, syā. 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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☞ 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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Them (thĕm), pron. [AS. ðǣm, dat. pl. of the article, but influenced by the Scand. use of the corresponding form þeim as a personal pronoun. See They.] The objective case of they. See They.
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Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9.
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Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father. Matt. xxv. 34.
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☞ Them is poetically used for themselves, as him for himself, etc.
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Little stars may hide them when they list. Shak.
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