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▪ I. † nown(e, n'own
obs. variants of own a., through wrong division of myn own, thyn own; afterwards used also with your, her, etc.
See also own a. 1 ε, and cf. nain a.
c1400Song Roland 639 Wit it thy nown werk. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 44 Helpe me that for myn nowne propyr synnys am yn desperacyon. a1553Udall Royster D. i. iii, Well sowed,..And een as well knitte, my nowne Annot Alyface. 1622Breton Strange News Wks. (Grosart) II. 7/2 Fathers darling and mothers nowne childe. 1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 45 (1713) II. 37 Upon further Examination, I found 'em to be the Ape's nown Poetry. 1762Gentl. Mag. 288 Bussed with a smack her nown good man. 1790R. Tyler Contrast i. i, Maria, like a good girl, to keep herself constant to her nown true-love, avoided company.
b. Used without preceding pron. or genitive.
1603Breton Packet Mad Lett. ii. lx, Nowne Loue, and kinde soule, I thanke thee. 1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode iii. ii, And did I wrong n'own Rhodophil, with a false suspicion? 1691Shadwell Scowerers i. i, Some wise lecture from nown daddy.
▪ II. nown(e
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