borrowed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bŏrʹōd, IPA^(key): /ˈbɒɹəʊd/
• (General American) enPR: bärʹōd, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹoʊd/
• (Canada, US) enPR: bôrʹōd, IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹoʊd/

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Verb

borrowed

1. simple past and past participle of borrow
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     The Thane of Cawdor lives; why do you dress me in borrowed robes?

Derived terms

• borrowed light
• borrowed time
• nonborrowed
• unborrowed