6 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
He \He\ (h[=e]), pronoun [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[=e], 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
He \He\, (Chem.)
The chemical symbol for {helium}.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Personal \Per"son*al\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), adjective [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 {Personal 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
He
noun
1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in
economically extractable amounts in certain natural
gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: {helium},
{atomic number 2}]
2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "he":
I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, bloke, boy,
buck, chap, ego, ethical self, fellow, gee, gent, gentleman, guy,
her, herself, him, himself, his, hombre, homme, inner man,
inner self, it, male, male being, male person, man, masculine, me,
my humble self, myself, number one, oneself, other self, ourselves,
self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self, superego, them,
themselves, they, you, yours truly, yourself, yourselves
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
HE
HoehenEinheit [1HE = 19"]