BORROW
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Bor"row (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Borrowed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Borrowing.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. &unr_;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.
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2. (Arith.) 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.
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3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
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Rites borrowed from the ancients.
Macaulay.
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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.
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4. To feign or counterfeit. “Borrowed hair.” Spenser.
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The borrowed majesty of England.
Shak.
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5. To receive; to take; to derive.
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Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother.
Shak.
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To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
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Bor"row, n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.]
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Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.
Sir W. Scott.
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2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.]
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Of your royal presence I'll adventure
The borrow of a week.
Shak.
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