Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Owning}.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
   own, a. See {Own}, a.]
   To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to
   be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a
   house.