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   He , pron. [nom. He; poss. His ; obj. Him ; pl. nom. They ; poss. Their or Theirs ; obj. Them .] [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.]
   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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   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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   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.]
   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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   Speed, v. t.
   To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. “Fortune speed us!” 
   Shak.
   
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   With rising gales that speed their happy flight.
   Dryden.
   
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   To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
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   He sped him thence home to his habitation.
   Fairfax.
   
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   To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
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   Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.
   Ayliffe.
   
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   To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo. “Sped with spavins.”
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   A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped.
   If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead.
   Pope.
   
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   To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
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   Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
   Pope.
   
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   God speed you, them, etc., may God speed you; or, may you have good speed.
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   Syn. -- To dispatch; hasten; expedite; accelerate; hurry.
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   Them , 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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