Definitions
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
borrow .
Etymologies
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borrow + -est
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Examples
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And from the plum bloom its spirit thou borrowest.
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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And from the plum bloom its spirit thou borrowest.
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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"Methinks thou borrowest with a large hand and repayest like a very miser," answered Zaphnath.
Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Ellsworth Douglass
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_ "Borrow not; but if thou borrowest, pay back soon!"
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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