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His
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: pronoun (pron.)
1. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete. No comfortable star did lend his light. Shak. Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound root Shak.
2. The possessive of he; as, the book is his. "The sea is his, and he made it." Ps. xcv. 5.