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English Dictionary: herķina 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]:
   Her \Her\, Here \Here\, pron. pl. [OE. here, hire, AS. heora,
      hyra, gen. pl. of h[emac]. See {He}.]
      Of them; their. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
  
               On here bare knees adown they fall.         --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Her \Her\, pron. & a. [OE. hire, here, hir, hure, gen. and dat.
      sing., AS. hire, gen. and dat. sing. of h[82]o 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.
  
      Note: The possessive her takes the form hers when the noun
               with which in agrees is not given, but implied. [bd]And
               what his fortune wanted, hers could mend.[b8] --Dryden.
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