disfurnish

[dis-fur-nish]

verb (used with object)

to deprive of something with which a person or thing is furnished; divest of possessions; strip.

Origin:
1525–35; < Middle French desfourniss-, stem of desfournir, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + fournir to furnish

Related forms

dis·fur·nish·ment, noun

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