his \his\ hi^z, pron. as. his of him, his, gen. masc. 
   neut. of h=e, neut. hit. see he.
   1. belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal
      adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell john his papers
      are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now
      obsolete.
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            no comfortable star did lend his light. --shak.
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            who can impress the forest, bid the tree
            unfix his earth-bound root?           --shak.
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   note: also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as
         a sign of the possessive. "the king his son." --shak.
         "by young telemachus his blooming years." --pope. this
         his is probably a corruption of the old possessive
         ending -is or -es, which, being written as a separate
         word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.
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   2. the possessive of he; as, the book is his. "the sea is
      his, and he made it." --ps. xcv. 5.
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he 

he \he\ h=e, pron. nom. he; poss. his hi^z; obj.
   him hi^m; pl. nom. they th=a; poss. their or
   theirs th^arz or th=arz; obj. them
   the^m. as. h=e, masc., he'o, fem., hit, neut.;
   pl. himac, 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. root183. cf. it.
   1. 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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   2. 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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   3. 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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   note: 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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he his him they their theirs 
them it