3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. Rites borrowed from the ancients. Macaulay. 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. Milton.
4. To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." Spenser. The borrowed majesty of England. Shak.
5. To receive; to take; to derive. Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. Shak. To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
BORROW
Bor"row, n.
1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.] Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. Sir W. Scott.
2. The act of borrowing. [Obs.] Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week. Shak.
BORROWER
Bor"row*er, n.
Defn: One who borrows.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Shak.
BORSHOLDER Bors"hold`er, n. Etym: [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS. borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and Elder, a.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman.