borrowed

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UK, UK/ˈbɒɹəʊd/Northumbria, UK/ˈbɒɹəd/US/ˈbɑɹoʊd/Canada, US/ˈbɔɹoʊd/

adjective

Having been borrowed.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Having been borrowed.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of borrow

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

    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]
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APA

borrowed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrowed

MLA

“borrowed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrowed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “borrowed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/borrowed.

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