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Leclair muttered, in Arabic--his words audible only to himself--an ancient Islamic proverb: "Allah knows best, and time will show!"

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  1. adjective Used as a modifier before a noun: his boots; his plans.
  2. pronoun Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to him: If you can't find your hat, take his.

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  • You have heard from that stupid Buttons what a noble character the doctor bears, and no man is a hero to his--his Buttons. —  Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
  • Her hand was outstretched towards his--his heart beat violently--in another moment he might have forgotten all and clasped her to his breast. —  Clarence
  • L.--his initials; which I call him by, instead of the very ugly name his cruel godfathers and godmothers imposed upon him as a life-long martyrdom What name is that?" —  Agatha's Husband A Novel
  • And I am the Countess Kaya, his--his daughter Her voice broke, and she was silent for a moment, leaning against the pillow. —  The Black Cross
  • (1422-1471). Chaucer's contemporary, John Gower, wrote his Vox Clamantis in Latin, his Speculum Meditantis (a lost poem), and a number of ballades in Parisian French, and his Confessio Amantis (1393) in English. —  Brief History of English and American Literature
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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see ko- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English his, rare in this use.
 

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