"borwen" meaning in Middle English

See borwen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɔrwən/, /ˈbɔrɔu̯ən/, /ˈbɔriu̯(ə)/, /ˈbɔriu̯iː/ (note: especially Kent, Southern, South Midland)
Etymology: PIE root *bʰergʰ- Inherited from Old English borgian, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, from Proto-Germanic *burgōną; by surface analysis, borwe (“pledge, surety”) + -en (infinitive suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|enm|ine-pro|*bʰergʰ-|id=}}, {{PIE root box|enm|bʰergʰ-}} PIE root *bʰergʰ-, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|borgian|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English borgian, {{inh+|enm|ang|borgian}} Inherited from Old English borgian, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*borgōn}} Proto-West Germanic *borgōn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*burgōną}} Proto-Germanic *burgōną, {{surf|enm|borwe|-en|id2=infinitival|nocap=1|pos2=infinitive suffix|t1=pledge, surety}} by surface analysis, borwe (“pledge, surety”) + -en (infinitive suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} borwen, {{enm-verb|stem=borw}} borwen (third-person singular simple present borweth, present participle borwende, borwynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle borwed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|borw}} Forms: borweth [present, singular, third-person], borwende [participle, present], borwynge [participle, present], borwed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], borwen [infinitive], to borwen [infinitive], borwe [infinitive], borwe [first-person, present, singular], borwed [first-person, past, singular], borwede [first-person, past, singular], borwest [present, second-person, singular], borwedest [past, second-person, singular], borweth [present, singular, third-person], borwed [past, singular, third-person], borwede [past, singular, third-person], borwe [present, singular, subjunctive], borwed [past, singular, subjunctive], borwede [past, singular, subjunctive], borwe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], borwen [plural, present], borwe [plural, present], borweden [past, plural], borwed [past, plural], borwede [past, plural], borweth [imperative, plural, present], borwe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], borwynge [participle, present], borwende [participle, present], borwed [participle, past], yborwed [participle, past], borow [alternative], borowe [alternative], borwe [alternative], borȝe [alternative, Early-Middle-English], borȝin [alternative, Early-Middle-English], borough [alternative, Late-Middle-English], borhin [alternative], borwyn [alternative, East-Anglia], bouerȝe [alternative, Kent], borowyn [alternative], borwon [alternative], boroo [alternative], borou [alternative], borro [alternative], boru [alternative], borewe [alternative], borewen [alternative], borewi [alternative], boruwe [alternative], borwi [alternative]
  1. (ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):
    To borrow money while depositing a security.
    Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-fVE8Be7y Categories (other): Finance Disambiguation of Finance: 16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7
  2. (ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):
    (arithmetic) To subtract (especially in calculating a larger subtraction)
    Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb--5O8ebj2 Categories (other): Arithmetic, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Finance Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 9 7 19 20 14 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 31 9 8 9 16 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 39 8 7 8 14 8 8 Disambiguation of Finance: 16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7 Topics: arithmetic
  3. (ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):
    (figuratively) To accept, adopt, or receive (especially temporarily)
    Tags: ambitransitive, figuratively
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-T~lnChja Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Finance Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8 Disambiguation of Finance: 16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7
  4. (ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):
    (figuratively) To employ or use (especially temporarily)
    Tags: ambitransitive, figuratively
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-48Kh8dUN Categories (other): Finance Disambiguation of Finance: 16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7
  5. (transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:
    To redeem or liberate (from damnation)
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-CywkLsTz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Finance Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 9 7 19 20 14 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8 Disambiguation of Finance: 16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7
  6. (transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:
    (law) To deliver from imprisonment by acting as a guarantor.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-bTdUesgv Categories (other): Law, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Law, Religion Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 9 7 19 20 14 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8 Disambiguation of Law: 0 0 0 0 10 75 2 12 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 0 43 57 0 0 Topics: law
  7. (transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:
    (rare, by extension) To deliver from captivity.
    Tags: broadly, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-VioRhYES Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 9 7 19 20 14 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8
  8. (rare, intransitive) To employ a guarantor or surety. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-borwen-enm-verb-aXSwx1t5

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "borrow"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "borrow"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "borrow"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
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      "*bʰergʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰergʰ-"
    ],
    [
      "borgian",
      "borgian#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*borgōn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/borgōn"
    ],
    [
      "*burgōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/burgōną"
    ],
    [
      "borwe",
      "borwe#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-en",
      "-en#Middle_English:_infinitival"
    ]
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    },
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        "2": "i",
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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        "3": "-en",
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        "t1": "pledge, surety"
      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "borweth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to borwen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yborwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borowe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borȝe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borȝin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borough",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borhin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bouerȝe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borowyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boroo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borou",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borro",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boru",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borewen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borewi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boruwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "borwen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "borw"
      },
      "expansion": "borwen (third-person singular simple present borweth, present participle borwende, borwynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle borwed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "borw"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "enm:Finance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To borrow money while depositing a security."
      ],
      "id": "en-borwen-enm-verb-fVE8Be7y",
      "links": [
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ],
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "deposit",
          "deposit"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To borrow money while depositing a security."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Arithmetic",
          "orig": "enm:Arithmetic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 17 9 7 19 20 14 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 31 9 8 9 16 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 39 8 7 8 14 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "enm:Finance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To subtract (especially in calculating a larger subtraction)"
      ],
      "id": "en-borwen-enm-verb--5O8ebj2",
      "links": [
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ],
        [
          "arithmetic",
          "arithmetic"
        ],
        [
          "subtract",
          "subtract"
        ],
        [
          "calculating",
          "calculate#English"
        ],
        [
          "larger",
          "larger#English"
        ],
        [
          "subtraction",
          "subtraction#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "(arithmetic) To subtract (especially in calculating a larger subtraction)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arithmetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 15 13 8 17 15 16 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "enm:Finance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To accept, adopt, or receive (especially temporarily)"
      ],
      "id": "en-borwen-enm-verb-T~lnChja",
      "links": [
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ],
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "adopt",
          "adopt"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "(figuratively) To accept, adopt, or receive (especially temporarily)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 17 16 16 15 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "enm:Finance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To employ or use (especially temporarily)"
      ],
      "id": "en-borwen-enm-verb-48Kh8dUN",
      "links": [
        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ],
        [
          "employ",
          "employ"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
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      ],
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        "ambitransitive",
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      ]
    },
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          "protect",
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          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
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        [
          "save",
          "save"
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        [
          "redeem",
          "redeem"
        ],
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          "liberate",
          "liberate"
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          "damnation",
          "damnation#English"
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        "(transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To redeem or liberate (from damnation)"
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        "transitive"
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        {
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        "To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To deliver from imprisonment by acting as a guarantor."
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        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
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        [
          "save",
          "save"
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          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "deliver",
          "deliver"
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          "imprisonment"
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          "guarantor",
          "guarantor"
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        "(transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:",
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      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
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        {
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        "To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To deliver from captivity."
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        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
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          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
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          "deliver",
          "deliver"
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          "captivity",
          "captivity"
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        "(transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "(rare, by extension) To deliver from captivity."
      ],
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        "broadly",
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        "transitive"
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        "To employ a guarantor or surety."
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          "guarantor",
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          "surety",
          "surety"
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        "(rare, intransitive) To employ a guarantor or surety."
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        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔrwən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔrɔu̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔriu̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔriu̯iː/",
      "note": "especially Kent, Southern, South Midland"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
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    ],
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        "2": "i",
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        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "form": "borweth",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "infinitive"
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        "infinitive"
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "borwest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "borwedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "borwe",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "borwen",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "borweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "borwede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "borwe",
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        "present"
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "borwynge",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yborwed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "borow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borowe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borȝe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borȝin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borough",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borhin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "East-Anglia"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bouerȝe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kent"
      ]
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      "form": "borowyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boroo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borou",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borro",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "boru",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borewen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borewi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boruwe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borwi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "head": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "stem": "borw"
      },
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To borrow money while depositing a security."
      ],
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        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
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          "temporarily",
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        ],
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          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
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          "deposit",
          "deposit"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ]
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        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
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        "ambitransitive"
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        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs",
        "enm:Arithmetic"
      ],
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        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To subtract (especially in calculating a larger subtraction)"
      ],
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        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
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        ],
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          "temporarily",
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          "arithmetic",
          "arithmetic"
        ],
        [
          "subtract",
          "subtract"
        ],
        [
          "calculating",
          "calculate#English"
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        [
          "larger",
          "larger#English"
        ],
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          "subtraction",
          "subtraction#English"
        ]
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        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
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        "ambitransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arithmetic"
      ]
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        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To accept, adopt, or receive (especially temporarily)"
      ],
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          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
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        ],
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
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        [
          "adopt",
          "adopt"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "(figuratively) To accept, adopt, or receive (especially temporarily)"
      ],
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        "ambitransitive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "To employ or use (especially temporarily)"
      ],
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        [
          "borrow",
          "borrow"
        ],
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ],
        [
          "employ",
          "employ"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "temporarily",
          "temporarily#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(ambitransitive) To borrow (take temporarily):",
        "(figuratively) To employ or use (especially temporarily)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To redeem or liberate (from damnation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "redeem",
          "redeem"
        ],
        [
          "liberate",
          "liberate"
        ],
        [
          "damnation",
          "damnation#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To redeem or liberate (from damnation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs",
        "enm:Law"
      ],
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        "To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To deliver from imprisonment by acting as a guarantor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "deliver",
          "deliver"
        ],
        [
          "imprisonment",
          "imprisonment"
        ],
        [
          "guarantor",
          "guarantor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "(law) To deliver from imprisonment by acting as a guarantor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "To deliver from captivity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ],
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "deliver",
          "deliver"
        ],
        [
          "captivity",
          "captivity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To protect, guarantee, or save:",
        "(rare, by extension) To deliver from captivity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To employ a guarantor or surety."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "employ",
          "employ"
        ],
        [
          "guarantor",
          "guarantor"
        ],
        [
          "surety",
          "surety"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, intransitive) To employ a guarantor or surety."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔrwən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔrɔu̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔriu̯(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔriu̯iː/",
      "note": "especially Kent, Southern, South Midland"
    }
  ],
  "word": "borwen"
}

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