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pron.

American  

abbreviation

  1. pronominal.

  2. pronoun.

  3. pronounced.

  4. pronunciation.


pron. British  

abbreviation

  1. pronominal

  2. pronoun

  3. pronounced

  4. pronunciation

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Originally the dative of the refl. pron., but used very frequently as an adverb.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

Itself, it-self′, pron. the neuter reciprocal pronoun, applied to things.—By itself, alone, apart; In and by itself, separately considered.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Whose, hōōz, pron. the possessive case of who or which.—pron.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Ye, yē, pron. the nom. pl. of the 2d person—in old English ye was always used as a nominative, and you as a dative or accusative, as in the English Bible.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

You, ū, pron. 2d pers. pron. pl., but also used as singular.—pron.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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