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BORROWING
borrowing, adoption
(noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; “the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent”
borrowing
(noun) obtaining funds from a lender
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
borrowing
present participle of borrow
Noun
borrowing (countable and uncountable, plural borrowings)
An instance of something being borrowed.
(linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
Source: Wiktionary
BORROW
Bor"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Borrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Borrowing.] Etym: [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. 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.)
Definition: 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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