Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. {He}; poss. {His} (h[i^]z); obj.
   {Him} (h[i^]m); pl. nom. {They} ([th][=a]); poss. {Their} or
   {Theirs} ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. {Them}
   ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h?, masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.; pl.
   h[=i], 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.
   [root]183. 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.

            Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
            rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                                  16.

            Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
            serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.

   2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
      usually followed by a relative pronoun.

            He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                                  xiii. 20.

   3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
      substantively. --Chaucer.

            I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of
            thy sort.                             --Shak.

   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.

His \His\, pron. [AS. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h?,
   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.

            No comfortable star did lend his light. --Shak.

            Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his
            earth-bound root?                     --Shak.

   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.

   2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. ``The sea is
      his, and he made it.'' --Ps. xcv. 5.