She (?), pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. (&?;) or Hers (&?;); obj.
Her; pl. nom. They (?); poss. Their (?) or Theirs (&?;); obj. Them
(?).] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite
article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G.
sie, OHG. siu, s, si, Icel. s, sj, Goth. si she, s, fem. article, Russ.
siia, fem., this, Gr. &?;, fem. article, Skr. s, sy. The possessive her
or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.] 1.
This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of
the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
She loved her children best in every wise.
Chaucer.
Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid.
Gen. xviii. 15.