Definitions
Belonging to or associated with a thing, animal, group, or idea.
Word origin
Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.
Used in a sentence
“The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end.”
“since I have been at the Pains to write it, if he consents to it's being published I will follow my Friend's Advice, and chiefly yours.”
“That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. (originally "of it own accord" in the 1611 first edition)”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Possessive for a thing”3 letters
02“Belonging to it”3 letters
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