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fur⋅nish
[fur-nish] 
–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
1400–50; late ME furnisshen < OF furniss-, long s. of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Gmc; cf. OHG frumjan to provide
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.
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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| fur·nish (fûr'nĭsh) tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es
[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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Furnish
Fur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Furnishing.] [OF. furnir, fornir, to furnish, finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to further, execute, do, akin to E. frame. See Frame, v. t., and -ish.]1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. --2 Tim. iii. 17, 2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense. Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number. --Is. lxv. 11. His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay.Furnish
Fur"nish\, n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] --Greene.
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Language Translation for : furnish
Spanish:
amueblar,
German:
einrichten,
Japanese:
家具を備える
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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