To grant; to acknowledge; to
admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a special nature; as, we
own that we have forfeited your love. "The wakeful
bloodhound rose, and shook
his hide But
his sagacious
eye an inmate owns." (Keats)
Origin: OE. Unnen to grant, permit, be pleased with, AS. Unnan to grant;
akin to OS. Giunnan, G. Gonnen, Icel. Unna; of
uncertain origin. This
word has been confused with
own to possess.
Source: Websters Vocabulary