4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Borrow \Bor"row\, n.
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.
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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
borrow
v 1: get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" [ant: {lend}]
2: take up and practice as one's own [syn: {adopt}, {take over},
{take up}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Borrow
The Israelites borrowed" from the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35, R.V.,
"asked") in accordance with a divine command (3:22; 11:2). But
the word (sha'al) so rendered here means simply and always to
request" or "demand." The Hebrew had another word which is
properly translated borrow" in Deut. 28:12; Ps 37:21. It was
well known that the parting was final. The Egyptians were so
anxious to get the Israelites away out of their land that "they
let them have what they asked" (Ex. 12:36, R.V.), or literally
"made them to ask," urged them to take whatever they desired and
depart. (See {LOAN}.)
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