own
To own means to possess or acknowledge something. (verb)
An example of to own is purchasing a car stereo.
Own describes something that belongs to oneself. (adjective)
An example of own used as an adjective is the phrase is "make your own pasta," when a man makes pasta from scratch.
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See own in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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