his

alternative honorific His

1. Belonging to him.First known use 8th c.

   With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed, With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare, Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.

   1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 41

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   No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46

   In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.

   2011 April 8, Xan Rice, “Ivory Coast: 100 more bodies found as ethnic tensions rise”, in The Guardian

2. datedsometimesBelonging to a person of unspecified gender.

   It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.

   2003, Norman L. Geisler, Winfried Corduan, Philosophy of Religion: Second Edition, page 9

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   On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]

   1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

3. obsoleteIts; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)First known use 11th–17th c.

   In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]

   1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] , London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972

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   My ſtomacke could not well reach ſo farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his neede.

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Drunkennesse”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 200

   Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1

4. archaicUsed as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.First known use 11th c.

   Ahab his mark

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   Sejanus his Fall

alternative honorific His

1. That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

   His is bigger than mine.

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   This pen is his. These books are also his.

   The decision was his to live with.

   That cough of his is really getting on my nerves.

   During this period, you can tell the photographer by the format: His, on the left, taken with a Leica, is a rectangle. Hers, on the right, is a square format from the Reflex-Korelle.

   2017, Marina Budhos and Marc Aronson, Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & The Invention of Modern Photojournalism, page 53

2. informalHis house or home.

   After our night out, I went back to his.

3. alternativeAlternative spelling of His.

1. pluralplural of hi

   The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.

   2009, John M. Carney, Welcome to Tranquility

1. honorificpossessivepronounwithout nounHonorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

   We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done.

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   But, the individual entities of that order depend upon God and His laws for their existence.

   1983, Alan Hart, Spinoza's Ethics, Part I and II: a platonic commentary, volume 1, Brill Archive, →ISBN, page 43

1. A surname from Swiss.

plural HISs · plural HISes · plural HIS's

1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of health information system or hospital information system.

   Near-synonyms: CIS; HIT

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   Meronyms: HL7, PACS, DICOM, EHR, EMR

   Synonyms: CIS, HIT