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Lend

verb

(past & past part. lent; pres. part. lending)

Bestow a quality on. Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart. "The music added a lot to the play" , "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings" , "This adds a light note to the program"

Give temporarily; let have for a limited time. Synonym: loan. "Loan me some money"

Have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to. "The current system lends itself to great abuse"

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"Lend" Quotes from Famous Books

... room for a friend Who has money to spend, And a goblet of gold For your fingers to hold, At the wave of whose hand Leap the salmon to land, Drop the birds of the air, Fall the stag and the hare. Who has room for a friend Who has money to lend? We have ...

— The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems • Dora Sigerson

... up to square away the yards and make sail. In a moment, the news ran through the ship that the captain was keeping her off, with her nose straight for Boston, and Cape Horn over her taffrail. It was a moment of enthusiasm. Every one was on the alert, and even the two sick men turned out to lend a hand at the halyards. The wind was now due south-west, and blowing a gale to which a vessel close hauled could have shown no more than a single close-reefed sail; but as we were going before it, we ...

— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana

... was intended that he should return from Buenos Ayres, after certain arrangements had been made for which he would lend his assistance." ...

— Hurricane Island • H. B. Marriott Watson

... take decisive stand, the usual compromise was made. Although no member of the administration was sent officially to recognize these unofficial ambassadors, a long suffering officer of the navy, with his wife and one or two other ladies, were despatched quasi-officially to lend color ...

— The Purchase Price • Emerson Hough

... says," continued Mother. "She has some new books she is going to lend me. You must read them to me. And aren't those roses wonderful? She picked them, herself, in their conservatory. I told her how ...

— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln

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