Meaning of OUR
Pronunciation: | | awr
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Our\, possessive pron. [AS. ?re our, of us; akin to ?s us,
to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. [root]186
See {Us}.]
Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our
rights; our troops; our endeavors. See {I}.
The Lord is our defense. --Ps. lxxxix.
18.
Note: When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the
same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as,
whose house is that? It is ours.
Our wills are ours, we known not how. --Tennyson.
\-our\ [OF. -our.]
See {-or}.
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