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—furnisher, n./ferr"nish/, v.t.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.n.3. paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.[1400-50; late ME furnisshen < OF furniss-, long s. of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Gmc; cf. OHG frumjan to provide]Syn. 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 — Fur nish (f[^u]r n[i^]sh), 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
furnish — fur‧nish [ˈfɜːnɪʆ ǁ ˈfɜːr ] verb [transitive] 1. to provide or supply something: • Each company is required to furnish details of its market position to the Bank of England at the close of business each day. • The company entered into a hire… … Financial and business terms
furnish — 1 *provide, supply Analogous words: *get, obtain, procure, acquire, secure: *prepare, fit, ready, qualify, condition Antonyms: strip 2 Furnish, equip, outfit, appoint, accouter, arm are comparable when they mean to supply a person or something… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
furnish — [fʉr′nish] vt. [ME furnishen < extended stem of OFr furnir (Fr fournir) < Frank * frumjan (akin to OE framian, Ger frommen, to benefit), caus. < * fruma (akin to ON frami, profit): for IE base see FROM] 1. to supply, provide, or equip… … English World dictionary
furnish — I verb accommodate, accouter, afford, appoint, apportion, arm, bestow, contribute, enable, endow, endue, equip, fit out, gear, give, grant, indulge, instruere, lavish, outfit, praebere, present, produce, provide, provision, purvey, rig, stock,… … Law dictionary
furnish — mid 15c., from M.Fr. furniss , prp. stem of furnir furnish, accomplish, from O.Fr. fornir (12c.), 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 … Etymology dictionary
furnish — [v1] decorate, supply accoutre, apparel, appoint, arm, array, clothe, endow, equip, feather a nest*, fit, fit out*, fix up*, gear, line a nest*, make habitable, outfit, provide, provision, purvey, rig, stock, store, turn out; concepts 140,177,182 … New thesaurus
furnish — ► VERB 1) provide (a room or building) with furniture and fittings. 2) (furnish with) supply with (equipment or information). 3) be a source of; provide. DERIVATIVES furnished adjective furnisher noun. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
Furnish — Fur nish, n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] Greene. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
furnish — v. 1) to furnish elegantly; luxuriously; plainly; tastefully 2) (D; tr.) ( to provide ) to furnish for (to furnish blankets for the refugees) 3) (D; tr.) ( to provide ) to furnish with (can you furnish us with the necessary information?) 4) (D;… … Combinatory dictionary
