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Borrow

Borrow (borrow)
v. t.((?))
Bor"row
[imp. *** p. p. Borrowed (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n. Borrowing.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge] akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root
  1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
  2. To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
  3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.

    Rites borrowed from the ancients.
    Macaulay.

    It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above.
    Milton.

  4. To feign or counterfeit.
    "Borrowed hair." Spenser.

    The borrowed majesty of England.
    Shak.

  5. To receive; to take; to derive.

    Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother.
    Shak.

    To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

Borrow

Borrow (borrow)
n.
Bor"row
  1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
    [Obs.]

    Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.
    Sir W. Scott.

  2. The act of borrowing.
    [Obs.]

    Of your royal presence I'll adventure
    The borrow of a week.
    Shak.













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