[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

borrow \bor"row\, n.
   1. something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a
      hostage. obs.
      1913 webster

            ye may retain as borrows my two priests. --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of borrowing. obs.
      1913 webster

            of your royal presence i'll adventure
            the borrow of a week.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. to copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style,
      manner, or opinions of another.
      1913 webster

            rites borrowed from the ancients.     --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   4. to feign or counterfeit. "borrowed hair." --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the borrowed majesty of england.      --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. to receive; to take; to derive.
      1913 webster

            any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. --shak.
      1913 webster

   to borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be
      overapprehensive.
      1913 webster
see also:
borrowed borrowing borough to borrow trouble 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
lend adopt take over take up 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

86 moby thesaurus words for "borrow":
   abstract, act like, adopt, affect, and, annex, appropriate, assume,
   bag, boost, bum, cadge, chorus, cop, copy, counterfeit, crib,
   defraud, discount, discount notes, ditto, do, do like, draw, echo,
   embezzle, extort, fake, filch, float a loan, forge, get a loan,
   get into debt, get on credit, go in debt, go in hock, go like,
   hit one for, hit up, hoke, hoke up, hook, imitate,
   infringe a copyright, lend, lift, make like, make off with, mirror,
   mooch, negotiate a loan, nip, obtain, palm, pawn, pilfer, pinch,
   pirate, plagiarize, plunge into debt, poach, purloin, raise money,
   reecho, refer to, reflect, repeat, run away with, run into debt,
   rustle, scrounge, shave, shoplift, show a deficit, simulate, snare,
   snatch, snitch, sponge, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, touch,
   walk off with

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   
see also:
loan 

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