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she

2 entries found.
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['o], fem. of the
   definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
   siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[=i], si, Icel. s[=u],
   sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem.,
   this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. 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]
Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
   1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
            Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                  --Hooker.
   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.
            The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
            and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
   3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
      corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
   4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
      ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
            The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
   5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
      motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
      manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
   6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
   {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 {property} (Law), movables; chattels; --
      opposed to real estate or 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.

she

2 entries found.
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['o], fem. of the
   definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS.
   siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[=i], si, Icel. s[=u],
   sj[=a], Goth. si she, s[=o], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem.,
   this, Gr. ?, fem. article, Skr. s[=a], sy[=a]. 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]
Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
   1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
            Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                  --Hooker.
   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.
            The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
            and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
   3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
      corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
   4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
      ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
            The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
   5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
      motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
      manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
   6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
   {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 {property} (Law), movables; chattels; --
      opposed to real estate or 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.