unborrowedadj.
Not borrowed or taken on loan; esp. figurative, not adopted from another, native, inherent, original. (Common from c1700.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > own > as opposed to bought or borrowed
unborrowed1638
unboughtc1720
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > innate or natural
i-cundeeOE
fleshly971
kindlyOE
kindc1175
naturalc1275
kindc1390
innatea1420
nativea1425
inborn1513
innative1513
habitual1526
ingenerate1531
instincta1538
innated1545
inset1545
of one's nativity1582
inbreda1592
connatural1599
prognatec1600
ingenious1601
ingenit1604
congenite1610
connativea1618
intuitive1621
infusive1630
habituous1633
veined1633
genial1646
connatea1652
relollacean1654
relollaceous1657
relolleous1662
congenial1664
complanted1668
ingrown1670
ingenerated1677
unborrowed1704
cogenite1712
born1741
naturable1771
unacquired1793
congenerous1813
congenital1848
ingrain1852
indigenousa1864
ingenital1886
wired-in1957
1638 G. Daniel Eclog. i. 256 Oh doe not thinke but She may be as faire In nature's bounties, with vnborrwed haire.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 19 The luxurious Father of the Fold, With native Purple, or unborrow'd Gold, Beneath his pompous Fleece shall proudly sweat.
1704 Moderation Display'd ix Bathillo, in his own unborrow'd Strains, Young Sacharissa's Angel Form profanes.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 325 For your Arguments are always new and unborrow'd.
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 42. 333 His taste was unborrowed, as well as the principles on which he supported it.
1828 Ld. Grenville Sinking Fund 55 Every portion of unborrowed wealth which this fund has ever received.
1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley ix. 351 His unborrowed, evidently self-elaborated thought.
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adj.1638