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"own" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often have (4 letters).
Definitions
Belonging to oneself
Word origin
From Middle English aȝen, owen, from Old English āgen (“own, proper, peculiar”), originally the past participle of āgan; from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz (“own”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to have, possess”).
Used in a sentence
“The fathers shall not bee put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: euery man shall be put to death for his owne sinne.”
“Prospero: Fairely ſpoke ; / Sit then, and talke with her, ſhe is thine owne ;”
“When we move into the new house, the kids will each have their own bedroom.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Admit, with "up"”3 letters
02“Claim as yours”3 letters
03“Have as one's property”3 letters
04“Have as property”3 letters
05“Have title to”3 letters
06“Hold title to”3 letters
07“Possess legally”3 letters
08“Admit”3 letters
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