Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In organ-building, said of pipes or a stop. See
borrow , v. t., 5 .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
borrow .
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Most borrowed author James Patterson photographed by Rankin for RandomHouse writes today, Catherine Cookson, for years the most borrowed writer, has been comprehensively overshadowed by the giants of American popular fiction.
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Most borrowed author James Patterson photographed by Rankin for RandomHouse writes today, Catherine Cookson, for years the most borrowed writer, has been comprehensively overshadowed by the giants of American popular fiction.
Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Simon Rogers 2010
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So pervasive is shampoo that even Hindi has taken it as a term borrowed from English to refer to the hair-cleaning product, while the older Hindi word champi continues to mean “a massage,” including a massage of the head.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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So pervasive is shampoo that even Hindi has taken it as a term borrowed from English to refer to the hair-cleaning product, while the older Hindi word champi continues to mean “a massage,” including a massage of the head.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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"No net loss" is a term borrowed from the vocabulary of wetland conservation, and allows for replacement of lost assets with equivalent resources.
Charles R. Wolfe: Assuring Sustainable Third Places in the City Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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When board discussion gets bogged down rehashing issues, he says, he tries to prod things along with an expression borrowed from a Chinese associate: "We're frying the same rice."
In the Heart of the Rust Belt, Chinese Funds Provide the Grease Joseph B. White 2012
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"No net loss" is a term borrowed from the vocabulary of wetland conservation, and allows for replacement of lost assets with equivalent resources.
Charles R. Wolfe: Assuring Sustainable Third Places in the City Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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"No net loss" is a term borrowed from the vocabulary of wetland conservation, and allows for replacement of lost assets with equivalent resources.
Charles R. Wolfe: Assuring Sustainable Third Places in the City Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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"No net loss" is a term borrowed from the vocabulary of wetland conservation, and allows for replacement of lost assets with equivalent resources.
Charles R. Wolfe: Assuring Sustainable Third Places in the City Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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Like Charles Manson, the criminal he admired, Pell exuded a dark charisma and attracted a group of devoted and fanatical followers, whom he called his “Family”—a term borrowed from the Manson clan—and over whom he exercised absolute control.
THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP JEFFERY DEAVER 2003
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