lend

Verbs

• (v) bestow a quality on
  • Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
  • The music added a lot to the play
  • She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings
  • This adds a light note to the program
  contribute, impart, add, bestow, bring,
• (v) give temporarily; let have for a limited time
  • I will lend you my car
  • loan me some money
  loan,
• (v) have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to
  • This story would lend itself well to serialization on television
  • The current system lends itself to great abuse

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