English Explanatory Dictionary

inborrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Security; bail.
  2. One who gives or offers security for another; a surety.
verb
  1. To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it.

Word forms

inborrow inborrows inborgh inborrowing inborrowed

Etymology

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.

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