his

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Etymology: From Middle English hes, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

1. Belonging to him.

   “With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed, With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare, Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.”

   “No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.”

2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.

   “On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]”

   “It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.”

3. Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)

   “In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]”

   “My ſtomacke could not well reach ſo farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his neede.”

4. Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

   “Ahab his mark”

   “Sejanus his Fall”

name

1. A surname from Swiss.

noun

1. plural of hi

   “The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.”

pron

1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

   “We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done.”

   “But, the individual entities of that order depend upon God and His laws for their existence.”