[lɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it will be returned
(e.g: Stewart asked me to lend him my car)

- contribute or add (a quality) to
(e.g: the smile lent his face a boyish charm)

- accommodate or adapt oneself to
(e.g: John stiffly lent himself to her aromatic embraces)


Phrases:
- lend an ear
- lend one's name to

Origin:
Old English lǣnan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lenen, also to loan. The addition of the final -d in late Middle English was due to association with verbs such as bend and send