[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

personal \per"sonal\ p~er"su^nal, a. l. personalis: cf.
   f. personnel.
   1. pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
      1913 webster

            every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            the words are conditional, -- if thou doest well, --
            and so personal to cain.              --locke.
      1913 webster

   3. pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
      corporeal; as, personal charms. --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. done in person; without the intervention of another.
      "personal communication." --fabyan.
      1913 webster

            the immediate and personal speaking of god. --white.
      1913 webster

   5. relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
      motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
      manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
      1913 webster

   6. gram. denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
      1913 webster

   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 personal property law, movables;
      chattels; -- opposed to real estate or real 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
personal action personal equation equation personal estate personal property real estate 
real property personal identity personal pronoun i thou 
he she it personal representatives personal rights 
personal tithes tithe personal verb 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

personal estate
     n : movable property as distinguished from real estate syn: personal
         property, personalty, private property
see also:
personal property personalty private property 

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Personal >> P Words
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Personal Effect >> P Words
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Personal Digita >> P Words
Personal Digita, definition of term: Personal Digita
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Personal Pronou >> P Words
Personal Pronou, definition of term: Personal Pronou
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Personal Rights >> P Words
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Personal Proper >> P Words
Personal Proper, definition of term: Personal Proper
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Personal Comput >> P Words
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Personal Busine >> P Words
Personal Busine, definition of term: Personal Busine
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Personal Commun >> P Words
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