borrown.
Obsolete exc. Historical with the exception of sense 5.† 1. † b. Hence in Old English and early Middle English on, to borrow: on security, by way of loan. Obsolete.† 2. † b. I dare be borrow, etc.: ‘I'll warrant’, ‘I'll be bound’. Obsolete.† c. to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrow, i.e. as security for one's truth, good faith, or honour; later as an asseveration = In God's name, By St. George, St. George to speed! St. John to borrow! a Scottish formula at parting (= au revoir int.), as to the origin of which see quot. 1488. Obsolete.
a. A thing deposited as security, a pledge; a guarantee, bail; suretyship; ransom, deliverance. to borrow: as a pledge. to lay to borrow: to put in pledge, to pawn. In senses 1, 2 already obsolete or archaic in England in Spenser's time; but retained in Scots Law.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security > pledge deposit
borrowa975
weda1122
security1444
pawn1479
pledge1490
collateral1887
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)]
setc1000
plight?c1225
lay1297
wagec1330
to lay to borrowc1405
pledgea1475
impledge1548
pawn1570
impawn1598
deposita1640
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adverb]
to, in wedOE
to warec1460
borrow1489
(to give) under gage, upon gage1523
a975 Thorpe Laws I. 274 (Bosw.) Ic wille, ðæt ælc mann sy under borge.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 73 Heore godfaderes and heore godmoderes scullen..beo in borȝes et þe fonstan.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23792 Þat soru, Þat nakins borgh us fra mai boru.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2105 Hauyth here of myn herte blod to borwe If that ye wele.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 764 Ech of hem hadde leyd his feith to borwe.
c1460 Sir Penny vii. 5 Withouten brugh & wed.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 625 Yartill in-to borwch draw I Myn herytage.
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII xxvii. §58 Pledges or borows to pay the kinges fine.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 150 Nay..by my deare borrow [gloss. that is our Saviour, the commen pledge of all men's debts to death].
1631 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xix. 80 It cannot stand with His honour to die in the borrows (as we use to say) and lose thee.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 228 [They] concussed them into giving borrows (pledges,) to enter into captivity again. View more context for this quotation
1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages 184 If a thief could find no borch he was hanged.
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the mind > possession > giving > lending > by way of loan [phrase]
on, to borrowa900
to loana1400
a900 Thorpe Laws I. 52 (Bosw.) Gif ðu feoh to borge selle.
c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. v. 42 Þæm þe wille on borg nioma æt þe ne beo ungeþwære.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6144 Fra þis folk..þe folk of israel to boru Asked silueren vessel..And clathes.
1418 in Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire IV. i. 89 The Earl not having occupied the land, let the same ‘to borch’ to the abbot on May 1418.
a. Of persons: A surety, hostage; bail, deliverer from prison. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor
borrowa1000
festermanOE
inborghc1175
pledge1348
surety1428
warrant1478
soverty1517
creditor1523
cautionerc1565
warranter1583
caution1586
warranty1586
security1600
stipulator1610
engager1611
pawner1611
undertaker1616
bond1632
ensurer1654
cautionary1655
security man1662
voucher1667
warrantee1668
respondent1672
guarand1674
guarantee1679
guaranty1684
hypothecator1828
warrantor1850
guarantor1853
a1000 Laws of Æthelred i. l, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) 119 Sette getreowe borgas.
a1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 17 Here godfaderes sullen..ben here boreȝes toȝenes Gode.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15512 Ich wulle his an barh beon [c1300 Otho borh].
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter 497 Answere for me, that is, be borgh of myn amendynge.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman vii. 81 For beggeres borwen euermo and her borghe is god almyȝti.
1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccxix. iv. 4 I shalbe youre borowe.
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 121 Ffrom depth off deth..The have I cald o lord to be my borow.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iii. iv. f. 130v The godfather and godmother..ar maid borrowis or souerteis for the barne.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 8 He may recover the possession of the lands, he findand ane borghe.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 69 Retain as borrows my two priests.
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c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 41 The womman was woo, I dare be borwe.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 307 I shall be his borghe to-yere He felys no more payn.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]
to lay one's life, head, to wed971
to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330
again-behotea1382
to make (also do) faitha1382
pledge1458
to make (also give) warrantisea1535
undertake1548
subscribe1600
underwrite1623
seal1633
underwritea1657
hedge1676
vouch1687
to stand surety (or security)1776
to take warrant on oneself1828
stipulate1829
a1330 Otuel 305 Ich wole finde mahoun to borwe, Ich wile be redi erliche to morwe.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 596 I hidde fro hym my sorwe And took hym by the hond, seint John to borwe.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 34 But I dare take God to borwe.
1423 Kingis Quair xxiii With mony ‘fare wele’ and ‘sanct Iohne to borowe’.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 336 Thar leyff thai tuk, with comforde..Sanct Ihone to borch thai suld meyt haille agayn.
a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1568) sig. G.iii Sainct George to borowe Ye shall haue shame and sorowe.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 519 All salbe weill, I find ȝow God to borrow.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lv Now sent George to borowe, let vs set forwarde.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. viii. sig. H.jv What then? sainct George to borow, our Ladies knight.
1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 701 in Wks. (1931) I We sall..mak ȝow saif: we fynd sanct Blase to borgh.
3. Historical (usually with obsolete spelling.) A friðborh (lit. ‘pledge of peace’) or tithing, which in early England was an association of ten neighbouring householders who were jointly answerable before the law, ‘so that if one of the ten men offend, the other nine may bring him to right’; afterwards called liberum plegium and frank-pledge n. 1a, the word frið ‘peace’ having been corrupted into ‘free’. There is no direct evidence that in Old English borh was used as = frithborh n., but in 16th cent. borowe appears as a synonym of ‘tithing’ or ‘frankpledge’, and thereafter some writers have confused it with borough n. Cf. borrowhead n.2, borsholder n.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun]
fellowshipa1400
society1548
borrow1581
combination1597
guild1630
sodality1633
associationa1658
band-society1742
organization1793
Assn.1859
soc.1890
teleocracy1921
org1936
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. iii. 15 The chiefe man of the free pledges within that Borow, or Tithing.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 119 Every Borowe or Tything.
4. A borrowing. rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > [noun] > instance of
mutuation1604
borrowa1616
loan1891
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 39 Of your Royall presence, Ile aduenture The borrow of a Weeke. View more context for this quotation
5. Golf. The amount which one ‘borrows’ (see borrow v.1 2d) to allow for the slope of the green.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > specific amount allowing for scope of the green
borrow1862
1862 R. Chambers Few Rambling Remarks Golf 24 The boy puts the ‘putter’ into your hand, but before applying it to the ball, it will be well for you to examine the ground between it and the hole. You observe possibly that it slants a little; in that case, a ‘borrow’ is required up the slant, and that borrow you must make.
1913 Country Life 29 Nov. 759 The player who does not put his approach shots very near the hole will be constantly calculating the ‘borrow’ of entertaining undulations.
1958 Times 13 Oct. 14/2 Wolstenholme..had a long downhill putt..but he did not give it quite enough borrow.
1973 Times 24 May 10/1 Miss Parker hooked her tee shot at the short 15th and, with a poor chip, lay 20ft from the hole. But down went the putt, the borrow exactly measured.
Compounds
borrow-breach n. only Historical. Old English borh-bryce breach of covenant.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [noun]
borrow-breacha900
brucheOE
breacha1382
violation1433
rupture1439
non-observance1453
misobservance1496
violating1523
swerving1545
infringinga1575
inobservation1579
recess1601
inobservancea1626
infringement1628
misobservancy1637
egression1651
nonconformity1653
unobservance1654
brack1658
infraction1673
violence1743
non-conformance1786
inobservancy1824
a900 K. Ælfred Laws of Ælfred iii, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) 28 (title) Be Borg-bryce.
a900 K. Ælfred Laws of Ælfred iii, in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) 28 Ærcebiscepes borges-bryce..gebete mid þrim pundum.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. viii. 8 The ‘bot of borhbryce’, or penalty for breach of covenant.
borrow-roll n. (Scottish borgh-row) a mortgage-roll.
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society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > legal security > mortgage > mortgage roll
borrow-rollc1550
c1550 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 38 The Serjand aucht to present attachiamentis and borghrowis that ar fundin in his handis.
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† borrowadj.
Obsolete rare.
Meaning and origin uncertain: said of the pitch of a wall.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > backwards
borrow1686
supine1697
retired1802
recedent1849
receding1866
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 162 These [walls of blast furnace] according as they may be pitch't less transhaw, or more borrow; will mend..or alter the nature of the Iron... The Iron made in a borrow work, is much more tough.
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borrowv.1
/ˈbɒrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɑroʊ/, /ˈbɔroʊ/ I. To give security for, take on pledge.
1. transitive.
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a. To take (a thing) on pledge or security given for its safe return.
b. To take (a thing) on credit, on the understanding of returning it, or giving an equivalent; hence, to obtain or take the temporary use of (a thing recognized as being the property of another, to whom it is returnable). Const. of, rarely from, formerly at.The essential notion of borrowing originally was the security given for the safety of the thing so taken: the essential notion now is that the thing is the property of another and liable to be returned, the only security given being often the undertaking, formal or implied, that it shall be so returned when we have used it.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)]
borrowa1000
strike1618
to break shins1699
to raise the wind1722
shin1855
bot1930
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > borrow money from
borrowa1000
touch1760
cadge1863
to sting (someone) for1903
to put the bee on1918
bite1919
to put the sleeve on1931
to put the bite on1933
the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > borrow [verb (intransitive)]
borrowa1340
to take borrowingc1380
scavenge1938
a1000 Lambeth Psalter xxxvi[i]. 21 Borgaþ se synfulla and na gefillþ.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 42 Þam þe wylle æt þe borgian ne wyrn þu him.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 393 He..leyde..hys broþer to wedde Normandye, And borwede of hym þervppe an hondred þousend marc.
a1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3219 Thai may nathyng begg ne borowe.
c1430 Syr Gener. 8775 Whi he bourowed it of him soo.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras v. 3 Let vs borowe money of the kinge vpon vsury.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Borowe of Peter to paye Paule..wher as a man doth Borow of one to paye an other.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 116 If the person of the Body Politique..borrow mony of a stranger.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. i. 7 This nation will not bear..to see new millions borrowed.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §22. 156 I borrowed a handkerchief from Lauener.
c. Arithmetic. In Subtraction, when the number to be subtracted in one denomination is greater than that of the minuend, To transfer to the latter mentally the equivalent of a unit of the next higher denomination, compensating or ‘paying back’ for this at the next step in the process.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > subtract > borrow
borrow1594
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises i. App. f. 42 Take 6. out of nothing which will not be, wherefore you must borrow 60.
1881 J. G. Fitch Lect. Teaching xi. 326 ‘9 from 3 I cannot; Borrow 10’.
2. figurative.
a. To render oneself indebted for; to make temporary use of (something not one's own); used, e.g. of temporal possessions, with notion of their being only lent to us, not given. More usually of immaterial things: as, to adopt (thoughts, expressions, modes of conduct) from another person, or (words, idioms, customs, etc.) from a foreign language or people; to obtain (a temporary favour) by request; to derive (one's authority, etc.) from another, as opposed to holding it by inherent right; to draw (a comparison, inference, suggestion) from some source alien to the subject in hand; to adopt (something) for other than its normal purpose. Const. from, of, formerly at.‘As applied to the adoption of foreign words or customs, it properly implies that the adoption is merely temporary; but this restriction is now often disregarded, esp. by writers on philology’ ( N.E.D.); cf. loanword n. at loan n.1 Compounds 2.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example
borrow?c1225
to walk in (or tread) a person's stepsa1240
to take example from (also by, at, of)c1405
to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546
patrizate1623
patrizizea1642
to follow suit1747
to take a leaf out of a person's book1809
pattern1820
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > follow a person as an example
followOE
suec1300
counterfeitc1374
to take witness by (also of)c1400
take1544
borrow1549
personate1612
the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [verb (transitive)] > borrow from another language
usurp1531
adopt1663
borrow1706
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)]
evenlecheOE
resemble?c1400
imitate1534
sequest1567
succeed1577
act1599
pattern1601
similize1606
like1613
echoa1616
sample1616
ape1634
transcribe1646
copy1648
copy1649
mime1728
borrowa1847
to make likea1881
replicate1915
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 151 Þet is richt religiun þet uhan..boreȝe ed þis world þeleste þet he mei. of mete of clað of achte.
c1380 J. Wyclif De Eccles. in Sel. Wks. III. 434 Wiþout autorite borewid of oþer.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvii. 325 The mone hath no lyght of herself, but borowyth and takyth of the plente of the sonne.
1423 Kingis Quair i. v I in purpose, at my boke, To borowe a slepe, at thilke tyme began.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Fiiiv Let hym borowe example at Salomon.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiv. xxii. 524 You were best therefore to borrow [L. sumeret] some respite of time of the Embassadours.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 51 Inferior eyes That borrow their behauiours from the great. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 52 Borrow part of Winter for thy Corn. View more context for this quotation
1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick vi. 113 The Rabbies would..borrow Words from other Languages.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xi. 184 Their [the Romans'] Music and Poetry was always borrowed and adopted.
a1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) iv. 185 The illustrations are borrowed from the fowls of heaven and from the flowers of the field.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 140 No man can be happy who, to borrow Plato's illustration, is leading the life of an oyster.
b. to borrow trouble: to go out of one's way to meet trouble. U.S. colloquial.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > make difficulties > intentionally find trouble
to borrow trouble1854
1854 H. H. Riley Puddleford ix. 119 Bird, you're allers bor'ring trouble.
1934 J. H. Wallis House of Murder xiii. 128 Don't borrow trouble, Mr. Gundlach... If the hand doesn't pain any more, it will probably be all right.
1963 D. B. Hughes Expendable Man vi. 182 Let's not borrow trouble.
c. In organ-building: see borrowed adj. 2b.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > accessories [verb (transitive)] > voice, etc., organ pipe
voice1708
stop1782
borrow1894
revoice1898
1894 T. Elliston Organs & Tuning 63 Borrowing from one stop to form part of another is undesirable; the wind coming sometimes from one source, and at other times from another, or from both sources, make it impossible for the note to be always in tune... The Pedal Organ is somewhat exempt from the faults of borrowing, inasmuch as usually only one note is used at a time.
1902 J. W. Hinton Organ Constr. (ed. 2) 64 Borrowing, arranging a certain number of pipes so as to be common to two or more stops.
1905 T. Casson Pedal Organ 24 I once tried the experiment of borrowing the Quint from a manual Bourdon.
1905 T. Casson Pedal Organ 27 The borrowing must be economical; that is, it must cost less in room or money, or both, than actual independent pipes.
1927 Organ VII. 75 While he was about it, the builder might have borrowed this ‘creamy’ bourdon into the pedal.
d. transitive and intransitive. Golf. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > movements
to follow through1857
borrow1897
knuckle1909
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke
drive1743
draw1842
heel1857
hook1857
loft1857
founder1878
to top a ball1881
chip1889
duff1890
pull1890
slice1890
undercut1891
hack1893
toe1893
spoon1896
borrow1897
overdrive1900
trickle1902
bolt1909
niblick1909
socket1911
birdie1921
eagle1921
shank1925
explode1926
bird1930
three-putt1946
bogey1948
double-bogey1952
fade1953
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 472/1 Borrow, to play a ball up a hill or slope, instead of straight across it, so that the slope will cause the ball to return towards the hole.
1909 P. A. Vaile Mod. Golf 55 You allow for the slope..and the curve..will be the result if you have correctly estimated length and the amount you ought to ‘borrow’... In golfing language, ‘always borrow enough’.
1909 P. A. Vaile Mod. Golf 64 Both these cuts may be used when putting across a slope to hold the ball up against the natural tendency to run down a hill. If they are used it will obviously be unnecessary to ‘borrow’ so much in allowing for the slope.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [verb (transitive)]
acquit?c1225
raim?c1225
to buy out1297
borrowa1300
ransoma1382
to put (a person) to (his or her) finance1418
raquite1454
loose1473
redeem?a1475
overbuya1525
redempa1525
remerce1559
reescate1645
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > bailing or bail > bail or admit to bail [verb (transitive)] > go bail for
borrowa1300
to pledge out1446
bail1587
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > be or give surety for
wage1362
awarranta1400
pledge?a1439
warrant1478
to seal under1523
warrantise?1533
borrow1609
undertake1609
suretya1616
stipulate1737
guaranty1753
guarantee1797
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23792 Þat soru Þat nakins borgh us fra mai boru.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 109 He shal rest in my stokkes, And þat as longe as he lyueth · but lowenesse hym borwe.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 461 If thou be taken prisoner..I wyl nat borowe the.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 107 Gif the Lord of the Court, to quhom the defender is borrowed, hes diverse Courts; he quha borrowes him, sall assigne to the persewer ane certaine day and place.
c1783 Ballad ‘Young Bekie’ iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 466/1 O gin a lady woud borrow me, At her stirrup-foot I woud rin.
a. To give security or safety to; to lease, rescue, save; to defend, protect. (With this cf. bergh v. to protect. See also burghen v. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)]
areddec885
leeseOE
reddOE
winc1220
deliver?c1225
ridc1225
quita1250
betellc1275
casta1300
to cast outa1300
liverc1330
rescuec1330
wrechec1330
borrowc1350
to put out of ——c1350
to bring awaya1400
redea1400
wreakc1400
rescourec1425
rescousa1450
savec1480
relue1483
salue1484
redeem1488
recovera1500
redressa1500
eschewc1500
rescours1511
to pull (also snatch) out of the fire1526
recourse1533
withtakec1540
redeem1549
vindicate1568
retire1578
repair1591
reprieve1605
to bring off1609
c1350 Med. MS. in Archæol. XXX. 368 Yat day fro feueres it schall ye borwe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5286 Me borud noght bot godd allan.
a1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 421 I pray to God..That he us borwe fro synfulle shame.
1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. C.iiiiv Some good worde that I may saye To borowe mannes soule from blame.
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the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (intransitive)]
testify1377
I dare layc1380
borrowc1475
to engage fora1680
c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 451 I shall borowe for seven yere He shall not wedde my doughter dere.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 28 Wonder twas in her eine Fire and water should combine: If th' old saw did not borrow, Fier is loue, and water sorrow.
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borrowv.2
/ˈbɒrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɑroʊ/, /ˈbɔroʊ/ Nautical.
intransitive. ‘To approach closely either to land or wind.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > approach land or wind
borrow1622
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxx. 71 It is not good to borrow neere the shore, but to giue it a fayre birth.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3781/4 No Ship to borrow nearer the Harbour than that Perch.
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 70 To borrow on the breakers of the spit to within 8 or 10 fathoms.
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- overthat
- overtheboard
- overthehead
- overthehorizon
- overtheroad
- overtheshoulder
- overthetransom
- overthick
- overthink
- overthinker
- overthinkers
- overthinking
- overthinks
- overthorter
- overthought
- overthoughted
- overthoughtful
- overthoughtfulness
- overthrall
- overthreshold
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