GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Her , pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat. sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of héo 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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   ☞ 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.
   
         
       

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   Her, Here , pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora, hyra, gen. pl. of hē. See He.] Of them; their. [Obs.]
   Piers Plowman.
   
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   On here bare knees adown they fall.
   Chaucer.
   
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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.]
   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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   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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