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Variant of borrow
borrow
definition
bor·row (bär′ō, bôr′-)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to take or receive (something) with the understanding that one will return it or an equivalent
- to adopt or take over (something) as one's own to borrow a theory
- to adopt and naturalize (a word, etc.) from another language the word depot was borrowed from French
- Arith. in subtraction, to take (a unit of ten) from the next higher place in the minuend and add it to the next lower place: done when the number to be subtracted in the subtrahend is greater than the corresponding number in the minuend
Etymology: ME borwen < OE borgian, to borrow, lend, be surety for, akin to beorgan, to protect & borough
Related Forms:
- borrower bor′·rower noun
borrow Idioms
borrow trouble
☆ to worry about anything needlessly or before one has sufficient cause
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