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its (its)

pronoun

that or those belonging to it: the possessive form of it, used without a following noun

Etymology: Early ModE analogical formation < it + ʼs; written it's until early 19th c.: the ME & OE form was his

possessive pronominal adjective

of, belonging to, made by, or done by it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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