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Which of the verbs (render, lend, give, provide) is the most suitable in this sentence? Where he did intervene in public, it was generally to render/lend/give/provide support to' legal' discriminatory measures.

Which of the verbs (take/engage/borrow/assume/occupy) is the most suitable in this sentence? In an unusual analogy Coleridge described people as " tanks " or " springs " according to the way they take/engage/borrow/assume/occupy ideas from others: " tanks " just take over ideas and store them like water; " springs " adopt them, producing a stream of water and so making them their own.