- (imp.,p.p.,orauxiliary) Owned; possessed.
- (n.&adv.) See Aught.
- (imp.,p.p.,orauxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
- (imp.,p.p.,orauxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
- (imp.,p.p.,orauxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
- of Owe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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