inborrow
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English inborȝ (“bail”), from Old English inborh (“bail, security in cases of theft, a security required in cases where property had been stolen”), from in- + borh, borg (“a security, pledge, loan, bail; payment”), equivalent to in- + borrow. Related to Old English borgian (“to borrow; lend; be surety for”). More at borrow.
Noun edit
inborrow (countable and uncountable, plural inborrows)
- (obsolete) Security; bail.
- (obsolete) One who gives or offers security for another; a surety.
- inborrow and outborrow
Verb edit
inborrow (third-person singular simple present inborrows, present participle inborrowing, simple past and past participle inborrowed)
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland, obsolete) To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it.