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–verb (used with object)

1.	to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.

2.	to provide or supply (often fol. by with): The delay furnished me with the time I needed.

–noun

3.	paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME furnisshen < OF furniss-, long s. of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Gmc; cf. OHG frumjan to provide

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—Related forms

fur·nish·er, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. rig, outfit, deck out. Furnish, appoint, equip all refer to providing something necessary. Furnish emphasizes the idea of providing necessary or customary services or appliances in living quarters: to furnish board; a room meagerly furnished with a bed, desk, and a wooden chair. Appoint (now found only in well-appointed) means to furnish completely with all requisites or accessories or in an elegant style: a well-appointed house. Equip means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for some service, action, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation: to equip a vessel, a soldier.

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tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es

To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for.
To supply; give: "The story of Orpheus has furnished Pope with an illustration" (Thomas Bulfinch).

[Middle English furnisshen, from Old French fournir, fourniss-, of Germanic origin; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

fur'nish·er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to provide with what is necessary for an activity or a purpose: furnished the team with new uniforms; equip a car with snow tires; had to outfit the children for summer camp; a library that was appointed in leather; knights who were accoutered for battle.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
furnish

1442, from M.Fr. furniss-, prp. stem of furnir "furnish, accomplish," from O.Fr., from V.L. *fornire, alteration of *fromire, from W.Gmc. *frumjan "forward movement, advancement" (cf. O.H.G. frumjan "to do, execute, provide"), from P.Gmc. *fram- "forwards" (see from).

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furnish
verb
1.	give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply]
2.	provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

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furnish1 [ˈfəːniʃ] verb

to provide (a house etc) with furniture
Example: We spent a lot of money on furnishing our house.

Arabic:	يُؤَثِّث، يَفْرُش
Chinese (Simplified):	用家具装备（房子）
Chinese (Traditional):	用家具裝備(房子)
Czech:	zařídit
Danish:	møblere; indrette
Dutch:	meubileren
Estonian:	möbleerima
Finnish:	kalustaa
French:	meubler
German:	einrichten
Greek:	επιπλώνω
Hungarian:	berendez
Icelandic:	búa húsgögnum
Indonesian:	memberi perabotan
Italian:	ammobiliare, arredare

Japanese:	家具を備える
Korean:	가구를 들이다
Latvian:	mēbelēt
Lithuanian:	apstatyti baldais
Norwegian:	møblere; utstyre, forsyne, utruste med
Polish:	umeblować
Portuguese (Brazil):	mobiliar
Portuguese (Portugal):	mobilar
Romanian:	a mobila
Russian:	обставлять
Slovak:	zariadiť
Slovenian:	opremiti
Spanish:	amueblar
Swedish:	inreda, möblera
Turkish:	dayayıp döşemek

furnish2 [ˈfəːniʃ] verb

to give (what is necessary); to supply
Example: They furnished the library with new books.

Arabic:	يُزَوِّد
Chinese (Simplified):	提供
Chinese (Traditional):	提供
Czech:	vybavit
Danish:	forsyne
Dutch:	voorzien van
Estonian:	varustama
Finnish:	hankkia
French:	pourvoir (de)
German:	versehen
Greek:	εφοδιάζω, παρέχω, προμηθεύω
Hungarian:	ellát
Icelandic:	láta í té; útvega
Indonesian:	melengkapi
Italian:	fornire

Japanese:	備える
Korean:	공급하다
Latvian:	apgādāt
Lithuanian:	aprūpinti
Norwegian:	levere, skaffe, gi
Polish:	zaopatrzyć
Portuguese (Brazil):	guarnecer
Portuguese (Portugal):	fornecer
Romanian:	a furniza
Russian:	снабжать
Slovak:	vybaviť
Slovenian:	dobaviti
Spanish:	proporcionar, guarnecer, proveer, suministrar
Swedish:	förse, utrusta
Turkish:	sağlamak, temin etmek

See also: furnished, furnishings, furniture, "furnish" in any language

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Furnish

Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]

1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.

2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.

How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. --I. Watts.

3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.

And frame my face to all occasions. --Shak.

We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. --Landor.

The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I. Taylor.

4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]

Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.

5. To support. [Obs. & R.]

That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. --Spenser.

6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.

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