Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take from; borrow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To select; to borrow.
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- verb obsolete To
select ; toborrow .
Etymologies
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Latin desumere; de + sumere to take.
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To select; to borrow.
May 13, 2008