Lends

Examples

• Mo reover, the electrical theory of matter lends support to the hypothesis that there is a fundamental unitary element underlying all the so-called elements. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• That they never take a man prisoner lends strength to the belief that the fate of the girls they steal is worse than death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• All the best means are at once in action, and everybody present lends a hand, and a heart and soul. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The man who borrows in order to spend will soon be ruined, and he who lends to him will generally have occasion to repent of his folly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A particular banker lends among his customers his own promissory notes, to the extent, we shall suppose, of a hundred thousand pounds. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I could see no marks to guide me, but the carpet was of a dun colour, which lends itself very well to examination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It has been wrought into a softness that lends its susceptible nature to the influence of magnetism, and has been hardened into steel to form the sword and cutting tool. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This rent may be considered as the produce of those powers of Nature, the use of which the landlord lends to the farmer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A, for example, lends to W ?1000, with which W immediately purchases of B ?1000 worth of goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It lends itself to deception and quackery. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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