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Word entry · 6 letters

borrow

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"Use temporarily"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɒɹəʊ/Part of speech verbSorted boorrwStarts with BEnds with W1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Take and use something temporarily with intent to return it.

Word origin

From Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian (“to borrow, lend, pledge surety for”), from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną (“to pledge, take care of”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”).

Used in a sentence

  • to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another
  • 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.
  • Dryden’s form is of course borrowed from the ancients

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