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.
Meanings
Belonging to it.
The Chinese government is at war with its own people. 1989 June 5, Jasper Becker, John Gittings, The Guardian:
Nara and its deer are so closely associated that the light-brown colored animals are pictured in the city’s tourism ads, on buses, train tickets and more. 2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, in CNN:
The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 43, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
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. 1751, G. Burnett, translated by Thomas More, Utopia:
They descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and drove to the door; and, while examining the nearer aspect of the house, all her apprehensions of meeting its owner returned. 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
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) 1763, Authorized King James Version of the Bible, Oxford Standard Text, Leviticus 25:5
zu -yo (belonging to it) · zu -kho (belonging to it) · haw kona (belonging to it) · got 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (belonging to it) · mfe so (belonging to it) · bg не́гов (belonging to it) · cs jeho (belonging to it) · dsb jogo (belonging to it) · es su (belonging to it) · ca seu (belonging to it) · sh njègov (belonging to it) · hu -ja (belonging to it) · sv dess (belonging to it) · pt dele (belonging to it) · ka მისი (belonging to it) · kl uuma (belonging to it) · haw kāna (belonging to it) · sl njegóv (belonging to it) · da dets (belonging to it) · es de él (belonging to it) · eo ĝia (belonging to it) · es de ello (belonging to it) · hu -e (belonging to it) · de sein (belonging to it) · be яго́ (belonging to it) · zu -wo (belonging to it) · la eius (belonging to it) · tr onun (belonging to it) · ka თავისი (belonging to it) · xal энүнә (belonging to it) · be свой (belonging to it) · fr ses (belonging to it) · ia su (belonging to it) · bg не́ин (belonging to it) · uk її́ (belonging to it) · vo onik (belonging to it) · grc αὐτοῦ (belonging to it) · ase FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp (belonging to it) · pt seu (belonging to it) · is þess (belonging to it) · eo ties (belonging to it) · nl haar (belonging to it) · ang hire (belonging to it) · nb dets (belonging to it) · zu -lo (belonging to it) · sh њѐгов (belonging to it) · pt sua (belonging to it) · de ihr (belonging to it) · zu -lo (belonging to it) · fr sa (belonging to it) · uk його́ (belonging to it) · uk свій (belonging to it) · ru её (belonging to it) · nn hans (belonging to it) · es del mismo (belonging to it) · nn dess (belonging to it) · da dens (belonging to it) · nb dens (belonging to it) · la suae (belonging to it) · xal терүнә (belonging to it) · be яе́ (belonging to it) · vo ona (belonging to it) · nn hennar (belonging to it) · ru свой (belonging to it) · be яго́ны (belonging to it) · ta அதனுடைய (belonging to it) · pl tego (belonging to it) · grc αὐτοῦ (belonging to it) · nl zijn (belonging to it) · it suo (belonging to it) · hu -je (belonging to it) · fi sen (belonging to it) · ta இதன் (belonging to it) · es de ella (belonging to it) · ta அதன் (belonging to it) · zu -bo (belonging to it) · hu -a (belonging to it) · es sus (belonging to it) · ru его́ (belonging to it) · ang his (belonging to it) · io olua (belonging to it) · pt dela (belonging to it) · ta இதனுடைய (belonging to it) · es de la misma (belonging to it) · fr son (belonging to it) · zu -so (belonging to it) · la suī (belonging to it) · az onunku (belonging to it) · grc αὐτῆς (belonging to it)
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.
Meanings
The one (or ones) belonging to it.
… both Houses have resolved to rob the North of a good friend of its and yours. 1645, Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, Letter to Ferdinando Fairfax, 6 February 1645
EBay Canada argued in court that the data sought by tax collectors was not its to give. 2007 October 1, Ian Austen, “Canadian Court Opens Up eBay Data to Tax Agency”, in New York Times:
...the Board of Trade of Chicago can at least feel that it has played its part manfully and patriotically, and that no act of its has stood in the way of National victory. 1917, Charles Henry Taylor, History of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, volume 2, page 1259:
pl swój (that which belongs to it) · pt dela (that which belongs to it) · es del mismo (that which belongs to it) · el δικό του (that which belongs to it) · pt dele (that which belongs to it) · tr onun (that which belongs to it) · bg не́гов (that which belongs to it) · pl jej (that which belongs to it) · es de ello (that which belongs to it) · es suyo (that which belongs to it) · pl ów (that which belongs to it) · sv dess (that which belongs to it) · bg не́ин (that which belongs to it) · fr la sienne (that which belongs to it) · sh њѐгов (that which belongs to it) · es de él (that which belongs to it) · fr le sien (that which belongs to it) · el δική του (that which belongs to it) · la illius (that which belongs to it) · da dens (that which belongs to it) · de sein (that which belongs to it) · fr les siennes (that which belongs to it) · hu azé (that which belongs to it) · de ihr (that which belongs to it) · la eius (that which belongs to it) · fr les siens (that which belongs to it) · eo ĝia (that which belongs to it) · pl jego (that which belongs to it) · ca seu (that which belongs to it) · hu övé (that which belongs to it) · ta இதனுடையது (that which belongs to it) · ru его́ (that which belongs to it) · ase FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp (that which belongs to it) · el δικός του (that which belongs to it) · pt seu (that which belongs to it) · es de la misma (that which belongs to it) · ta அதனுடையது (that which belongs to it) · la huius (that which belongs to it) · sl njegóv (that which belongs to it) · ru её (that which belongs to it) · el δικοί του (that which belongs to it) · io olua (that which belongs to it) · el δικιά του (that which belongs to it) · el δικά του (that which belongs to it) · fi sen (that which belongs to it) · sah киниэнэ (that which belongs to it) · tyv ооңуу (that which belongs to it) · es de ella (that which belongs to it) · cs jeho (that which belongs to it) · da dets (that which belongs to it) · ga a (that which belongs to it) · ru свой (that which belongs to it) · sh njègov (that which belongs to it) · el δικές του (that which belongs to it) · la suus (that which belongs to it)
As for the main bulk of Palaces, its true ſome have a greatneſs in plainneſs, […] 1662, Balthazar Gerbier, A Brief Discourse Concerning the Three Chief Principles of Magnificent Building. Viz. Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament., London, page 37:
The Fleſh of man, becauſe its Nouriſhed by purer Blood, is delicater than the fleſh of other Creatures, and prefered before it by Canibals, or Man-Eaters. 1665, Johannes Riolanus, translated by Nich[olas] Culpeper, “The Division of Mans Body”, in A Sure Guide or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chirurgery: […] (The Physitian’s Library), London: […] Peter Cole […], →OCLC, page 31: