borrowing

Roget category 788

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.2. Transfer of property

#788. Borrowing

noun

borrowing, pledging.
borrowed plumes — plagiarism etc. (thieving) 791.
replevin [Law].

verb

borrow, desume^†.
hire, rent, farm — take a lease, take a demise — take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year &c. — hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year &c. — adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take.
raise money, take up money — raise the wind — fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul — run into debt etc. (debt) 806.
replevy [Law].

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