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   Borrow , 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.]
   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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   (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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   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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   To feign or counterfeit. “Borrowed hair.” 
   Spenser.
   
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   The borrowed majesty of England.
   Shak.
   
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   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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   Borrow, n.
   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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   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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