Borrow
Borrow ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English borwen, Anglo-Saxon borgian, from borg, borh, pledge; akin to Dutch borg, German borg; prob. from root of Anglo-Saxon beorgan to protect. {not transcribed}95. See 1st Borough.]
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.
(Arithmetic) 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.
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.
4.
To feign or counterfeit.
Borrowed hair.
The borrowed majesty of England.
5.
To receive; to take; to derive.
Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother.
Collocations (1)
To borrow trouble , to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
Borrow , noun
1.
Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obsolete]
Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.
2.
The act of borrowing. [Obsolete]
Of your royal presence I'll adventure
The borrow of a week.