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lend

  [lend] verb, lent, lend⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
2. to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use.
3. to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully: to lend one's aid to a cause.
4. to adapt (oneself or itself) to something: The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling.
5. to furnish or impart: Distance lends enchantment to the view.
–verb (used without object)
6. to make a loan.
—Idiom
7. lend a hand, to give help; aid: If everyone lends a hand, we can have dinner ready in half an hour.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME lenden, var. (orig. past tense) of lenen, OE lǣnan (c. D lenen, G lehnen, ON lāna), deriv. of lǣn loan; c. G Lehnen, ON lān. See loan 1

Related forms:
lender, noun
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lend   (lěnd)   
v.   lent (lěnt), lend·ing, lends

v.   tr.
    1. To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.
    2. To provide (money) temporarily on condition that the amount borrowed be returned, usually with an interest fee.
  2. To contribute or impart: Books and a fireplace lent a feeling of warmth to the room.
  3. To accommodate or offer (itself) to; be suitable for: The Bible lends itself to various interpretations.
v.   intr.
To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan.

[Middle English lenden, alteration of lenen (on the model of such verbs as senden, to send, whose past participle sent rhymed with lent, past participle of lenen), from Old English lǣnan; see leikw- in Indo-European roots.]
lend'er n.
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Lender

Lend"er\ (-[~e]r), n. One who lends.

The borrower is servant to the lender. --Prov. xxii. 7.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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