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  1. pronoun Used to refer to the woman or girl previously mentioned or implied. See Usage Note at I1.
  2. pronoun Used to refer to a female animal.
  3. pronoun Used in place of it to refer to certain inanimate things, such as ships and nations, traditionally perceived as female: "The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female” (Anne Sexton).
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  • And while she made an earnest attempt not to ponder the reason that she hadn't gone to him once the cop departed, the thought of what she should have done in the first place led inexorably to the why of why she hadn't. —  A Traitor to Memory
  • Rhodan got up again after his short rest and told the Japanese to lie down. —  The Venus Trap
  • As always, the best way was to think about more pleasant, relaxing and appropriately nocturnal things, but it was like trying to watch a DVD while those same guests were still hanging round the living room. —  Be My Enemy
  • She'd already been shocked at the way she had attacked -- there really wasn't any other word for it -- this poor kid. —  Mother Of Storms
  • He took that chance! —  Hell Wings Over Manhattan
 

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  1. Middle English, probably alteration of Old English sēo, feminine demonstrative pron.; see so- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English she, sche, sheo, schee, sho, scho, in the earliest form of this type, scæ (in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), she, pron. 3d person feminine, taking the place of Anglo-Saxon heó, Middle English he, ho, she, but in form irreg. from Anglo-Saxon seó = Old Saxon siu = Dutch zij- Middle Low German sē, Low German se = Old High German siu, si, Middle High German sie, si, German sie = Icelandic sū, sjā = Goth, sō, the, feminine of the def. art., AS, se = Icel, sā = Gothic (Moesogothic) sa, the, orig. a demonstrative pron. meaning ‘that’; = Russ, = siia (feminine of sei), this, = Greek ἡ, feminine of ὁ, the, = Sanskrit sā, she, feminine of sas, he, from √ sa, that, distinct from √ ki, later English he, etc. The change from Anglo-Saxon seó to Middle English sche, scho, etc., was irreg., and due to some confusion with heo, Middle English he, ho, the reg. feminine pron. of 3d person feminine of he, he: see he, her.
 

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