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furnish |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Furnish \Fur"nish\, n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] --Greene. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: furnish v 1: provide or furnish with "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {provide}, {render}] 2: provide or equip with furniture: "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
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