well-furnished

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 followed 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 Middle English furnisshen < Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Germanic; compare Old High German frumjan to provide

fur·nish·er, noun
half-fur·nished, adjective
o·ver·fur·nish, verb (used with object)
pre·fur·nish, verb (used with object)
re·fur·nish, verb (used with object)
self-fur·nished, adjective
sem·i·fur·nished, adjective
un·der·fur·nish, verb (used with object)
un·fur·nished, adjective
well-fur·nished, adjective

refinish, refurbish, refurnish.


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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furnish (ˈfɜːnɪʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to provide (a house, room, etc) with furniture, carpets, etc
2.  to equip with what is necessary; fit out
3.  to give; supply: the records furnished the information required
 
[C15: from Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out]
 
'furnisher
 
n

well-furnished
 
adj
1.  (of a room, house, etc) fitted out or decorated with attractive or good quality furniture, carpets, etc: well furnished with tapestries and porcelain
2.  amply stocked, equipped, or supplied: he was well furnished with notebooks

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Word Origin & History

furnish
mid-15c., 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). Related:
Furnished; furnishing.
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