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Webster 1913 Edition

Borrow

Bor′row

,
Verb.
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. [GREEK]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.
Shakespeare
5.
To receive; to take; to derive.
Any drop thou
borrowedst
from thy mother.
Shakespeare
To borrow trouble
,
to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

Bor′row

,
Noun.
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Borrow

BOR'ROW

, v.t.
1.
To take from another by request and consent, with a view to use the thing taken for a time, and return it, or if the thing taken is to be consumed or transferred in the use, then to return an equivalent in kind; as, to borrow a book, a sum of money,or a loaf of bread. It is opposed to lend.
2.
To take from another, for one's own use; to copy or select from the writings of another author; as, to borrow a passage from a printed book; to borrow a title.
3.
To take or adopt for one's own use, sentiments, principles, doctrines and the like; as, to borrow instruction.
4.
To take for use something that belongs to another; to assume, copy or imitate; as, to borrow a shape; to borrow the manners of another, or his style of writing.

BOR'ROW

,
Noun.
A borrowing; the act of borrowing. [Not used.]
But of your royal presence I'll adventure.
The borrow of a week.

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