his

(pronoun, determiner)

determiner

1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]

2. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]

3. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. [from 11th c.]

- Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.

pronoun

1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

- The decision was his to live with.