Borrow

imp. & p. p. Borrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Borrowing

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. 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. (Arith.)
3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.

   Rites borrowed from the ancients.

   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.

4. To feign or counterfeit.

   The borrowed majesty of England.

5. To receive; to take; to derive.

   Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother.

1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.]

   Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.

2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.]

   Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week.