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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Borrow \Bor"row\, v. t. [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 of AS beorgan to protect. ?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. (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. 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
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