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English Dictionary: She by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   She \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. se[a2], fem. of the
      definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
      siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[c6], si, Icel. s[umac],
      sj[be], Goth. si she, s[omac], fem. article, Russ. siia,
      fem., this, Gr. [?], fem. article, Skr. s[be], sy[be]. 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.
  
                     She loved her children best in every wise.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen.
                                                                              xviii. 15.
  
      2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
  
                     Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak.
  
      Note: 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
      1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  
                     Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
            affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
            peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
            general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
  
                     The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
                     and so personal to Cain.                     --Locke.
  
      3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
            corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
  
      4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
            [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan.
  
                     The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
  
      5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
            motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
            manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
  
      6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
  
      {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man
            claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
            or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
            to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
            goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
  
      {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}.
  
      {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels;
            -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists
            of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of
            property not of a freehold nature.
  
      {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
            unity of the individual person, which is attested by
            consciousness.
  
      {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou},
            {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals.
  
      {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or
            administrators of a person deceased.
  
      {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
            rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
            private property.
  
      {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}.
  
      {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
            inflected to correspond with the three persons.
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