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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (h[i^]z); obj.
     Him (h[i^]m); pl. nom. They ([th][=a]); poss. Their or
     Theirs ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. Them
     ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h[=e], masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.;
     pl. h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to OFries. hi, D. hij, OS. he,
     hi, G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina,
     accus. masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his
     this. [root]183. Cf. It.]
     1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the
        masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a
        pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
        specified subject already indicated.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
              rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                                    16.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
              serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
        usually followed by a relative pronoun.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                                    xiii. 20.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
        substantively. --Chaucer.
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              I stand to answer thee,
              Or any he, the proudest of thy sort.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
           of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
           feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
           well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
           composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  He \He\, (Chem.)
     The chemical symbol for helium.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Personal \Per"son*al\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf.
     F. personnel.]
     1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
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              Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
        affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
        peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
        general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
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              The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
              and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
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     3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
        corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
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     4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
        ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
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              The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
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     5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
        motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
        manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
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     6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
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     Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man
        claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
        or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
        to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
        goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
  
     Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
  
     Personal estate or Personal property (Law), movables;
        chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It
        usually consists of things temporary and movable,
        including all subjects of property not of a freehold
        nature.
  
     Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
        unity of the individual person, which is attested by
        consciousness.
  
     Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou,
        he, she, it, and their plurals.
  
     Personal representatives (Law), the executors or
        administrators of a person deceased.
  
     Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
        rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
        private property.
  
     Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
  
     Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
        inflected to correspond with the three persons.
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  HE
       HoehenEinheit [1HE = 19"]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
     1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
  
              Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
                                                    --Hooker.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
        affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
        peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
        general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
  
              The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
              and so personal to Cain.              --Locke.
  
     3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
        corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
  
     4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
        ``Personal communication.'' --Fabyan.
  
              The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
  
     5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
        motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
        manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
  
     6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
  
     Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man
        claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
        or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
        to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
        goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
  
     Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
  
     Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; --
        opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of
        things temporary and movable, including all subjects of
        property not of a freehold nature.
  
     Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
        unity of the individual person, which is attested by
        consciousness.
  
     Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou,
        he, she, it, and their plurals.
  
     Personal representatives (Law), the executors or
        administrators of a person deceased.
  
     Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
        rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
        private property.
  
     Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
  
     Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
        inflected to correspond with the three persons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  He \He\ (h[=e]), pron. [nom. He; poss. His (h[i^]z); obj.
     Him (h[i^]m); pl. nom. They ([th][=a]); poss. Their or
     Theirs ([th][^a]rz or [th][=a]rz); obj. Them
     ([th][e^]m).] [AS. h?, masc., he['o], fem., hit, neut.; pl.
     h[=i], or hie, hig; akin to Ofries. hi, D. hij, OS. he, hi,
     G. heute to-day, Goth. himma, dat. masc., this, hina, accus.
     masc., and hita, accus. neut., and prob. to L. his this.
     [root]183. Cf. It.]
     1. The man or male being (or object personified to which the
        masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a
        pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a
        specified subject already indicated.
  
              Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
              rule over thee.                       --Gen. iii.
                                                    16.
  
              Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou
              serve.                                --Deut. x. 20.
  
     2. Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and
        usually followed by a relative pronoun.
  
              He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. --Prov.
                                                    xiii. 20.
  
     3. Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used
        substantively. --Chaucer.
  
              I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of
              thy sort.                             --Shak.
  
     Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is
           of common gender. In early English, he referred to a
           feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as
           well as to noun in the masculine singular. In
           composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  He
       n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
            gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in
            economically extractable amounts in certain natural
            gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium,
             atomic number 2]
       2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  he
     Ιταλικά n.
     χε το λέμε όταν γελάμε - χε χε χε
     Κινιαρουάντα n.
     η εποχή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  h.e.
     Latin alt.
     (synonym of la i.e. nodot=a), ''abbreviation of'' '''hoc''' ''or''
  '''hic est''': i.e., that is, in other words
     Latin phr.
     (synonym of la i.e. nodot=a), ''abbreviation of'' '''hoc''' ''or''
  '''hic est''': i.e., that is, in other words

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  he
     Breton det.
     her
     Catalan alt.
     (ca-verb form of p=1 n=sg t=pres m=ind haver)
     Catalan vb.
     (ca-verb form of p=1 n=sg t=pres m=ind haver)
     Danish interj.
     (lb da onomatopoeia) (non-gloss definition: Signifies a laugh,
  especially one that is slightly mischievous.)
     Dutch interj.
     1 (misspelling of nl hè)
     2 (misspelling of nl hé)
     Fasu n.
     1 water
     2 river
     3 lake
     4 liquid
     German Low German pron.
     (lb nds-de in some dialects, including Münsterländisch
  Mecklenburgisch Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian personal) (l en he)
  (non-gloss definition: (third-person singular masculine pronoun))
     Hawaiian article
     a#Article, an#Article
     Japanese roman.
     1 (ja-romanization of: へ) (hiragana)
     2 (ja-romanization of: ヘ) (katakana)
     Lakota part.
     ''question-marking particle used by females in formal speech''
     Maori article
     a, an, some: indefinite article
     Middle Low German pron.
     (lb gml third person singular masculine nominative) he
     Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
     (lb nn dialectal Trøndelag) (alt form nn nocap=1 hev  have, has)
     Old Saxon pron.
     (l en he)
     Romanian interj.
     (alternative form of ro hei)
     Spanish adv.
     1 (lb es literary) here is
     {q|++(m+es+aquí)" rel="nofollow">2 (lb es literary) behold {q|+ (m es aquí)
     Spanish n.
     (l en he); the Hebrew letter ה
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: haber)
     Tokelauan article
     (n-g: Singular indefinite article); any, an
     Turkish n.
     (Latn-def tr name H h)
     Turkish n.
     Letter of the Arabic alphabet: (lang mul sc=Arab ه)
     Turkish interj.
     (alternative form of tr ha)
     Turkish part.
     (alternative form of tr ha)
     Yola pron.
     (alt form yol hea)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  he-
     Cahuilla pre.
     his/her/its; third person singular pronoun added to a noun to show
  its possessor
     pre.
     Indicating a male, usually of an animal.

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  He
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul element symbol) helium.

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  H.E.
     n.
     (initialism of en Holocene era Era)

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  HE
     a.
     (abbreviation of en hydroelectric)
     n.
     1 (initialism of en high explosive)
     2 (init of en higher education)
     3 (init of en health education)
     4 (init of en  his His Excellency / her Her Excellency)
     5 (init of en  His Eminence)
     6 (init of en home entertainment)
     7 (init of en human era gloss=current epoch)
     8 (abbreviation of en hydroelectricity)
     phr.
     (lb en Internet slang) (init of en how embarrass embarrassing)
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Hesse nodot=1), a federal state of Germany.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  He₂
     Translingual sym.
     chemical formula for a helium dimer.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  he
     det.
     (lb en AAVE) (synonym of en his)
     n.
     1 (lb en uncountable) The game of tag, or it, in which the player
  attempting to catch the others is called "he".
     2 The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this
  game.
     3 (lb en informal) A male.
     pron.
     1 (lb en personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
     2 (lb en personal sometimes proscribed see usage notes) they; he or
  she (gl: a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
     3 (lb en personal sometimes proscribed) it; an animal whose gender is
  unknown.
     4 A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or
  planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
     alt.
     The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician,
  Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
     n.
     The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician,
  Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
     interj.
     (lb en uncommon usually reduplicated) (n-g: An expression of
  laughter.)

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  he-
     pre.
     Indicating a male, usually of an animal.

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  He
     pron.
     (honor alt case en he)
     n.
     (surname en from=Chinese).

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  H.E.
     n.
     (initialism of en Holocene era Era)

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  HE
     a.
     (abbreviation of en hydroelectric)
     n.
     1 (initialism of en high explosive)
     2 (init of en higher education)
     3 (init of en health education)
     4 (init of en  his His Excellency / her Her Excellency)
     5 (init of en  His Eminence)
     6 (init of en home entertainment)
     7 (init of en human era gloss=current epoch)
     8 (abbreviation of en hydroelectricity)
     phr.
     (lb en Internet slang) (init of en how embarrass embarrassing)
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Hesse nodot=1), a federal state of Germany.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  h.e.
     Latin alt.
     (synonym of la i.e. nodot=a), ''abbreviation of'' '''hoc''' ''or''
  '''hic est''': i.e., that is, in other words
     Latin phr.
     (synonym of la i.e. nodot=a), ''abbreviation of'' '''hoc''' ''or''
  '''hic est''': i.e., that is, in other words

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  he
     Catalan alt.
     (ca-verb form of p=1 n=sg t=pres m=ind haver)
     Catalan vb.
     (ca-verb form of p=1 n=sg t=pres m=ind haver)
     Danish interj.
     (lb da onomatopoeia) (non-gloss definition: Signifies a laugh,
  especially one that is slightly mischievous.)
     Dutch interj.
     1 (misspelling of nl hè)
     2 (misspelling of nl hé)
     Finnish pron.
     1 (lb fi personal) they (gloss: plural, only of people)
     2 (lb fi respectful) #English, she, one, (singular) they {gloss|of a
  single human being, like (m fi hän)}
     Finnish n.
     #English (gloss: fifth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts
  and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
     Middle English alt.
     (alter enm hee e a ho heo hie hye hæ hi hey ha ȝe)
     Middle English pron.
     1 (senseid enm he) (n-g: Third-person singular masculine pronoun:) (l
  en he)
     2 (l en it); used also of inanimate objects
     3 (lb enm impersonal) (n-g: Third-person singular impersonal
  pronoun:) one; you
     Middle English alt.
     (senseid enm they)(alter enm heo heȝ hey hei ha hay hy hi hye hie hig
  hiȝ hij hio ho hoe hue huy hui e i a)
     Middle English pron.
     1 (senseid enm they) (n-g: Third-person plural nominative pronoun:)
  (l en they)
     2 (n-g: Third-person plural accusative pronoun:) (l en them)
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm heo t=she id=she)
     Middle English interj.
     (alt form enm hey  hey)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm heye  hedge)
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm heigh  high)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm hyen  to go quickly)
     North Frisian pron.
     (alternative form of frr hi)
     Old English pron.
     1 (l en he)
     2 it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
     3 they (singular) ''(denotes someone of unknown gender)''
     Portuguese vb.
     (obsolete spelling of pt é)
     Spanish adv.
     1 (lb es literary) here is
     {q|++(m+es+aquí)" rel="nofollow">2 (lb es literary) behold {q|+ (m es aquí)
     Spanish n.
     (l en he); the Hebrew letter ה
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: haber)
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 1)

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  he-
     Welsh pre.
     (h-prothesis of cy e-)

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  He
     Translingual sym.
     (lb mul element symbol) helium.

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  H.E.
     n.
     (initialism of en Holocene era Era)

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  HE
     a.
     (abbreviation of en hydroelectric)
     n.
     1 (initialism of en high explosive)
     2 (init of en higher education)
     3 (init of en health education)
     4 (init of en  his His Excellency / her Her Excellency)
     5 (init of en  His Eminence)
     6 (init of en home entertainment)
     7 (init of en human era gloss=current epoch)
     8 (abbreviation of en hydroelectricity)
     phr.
     (lb en Internet slang) (init of en how embarrass embarrassing)
     n.
     (abbreviation of en Hesse nodot=1), a federal state of Germany.

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  He₂
     Translingual sym.
     chemical formula for a helium dimer.