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furnish

[ fur-nish ]

verb (used with object)

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

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  2. to provide or supply (often followed by with ):

    The delay furnished me with the time I needed.

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noun

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

furnish

/ ˈɜːɪʃ /

verb

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܰԾ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڳܰn· noun
  • v·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
  • ·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
  • ·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
  • ܲd·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of furnish1

1400–50; late Middle English furnisshen, from Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir “to accomplish, furnish,” from Germanic; compare Old High German frumjan “to provide”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of furnish1

C15: from Old French fournir , of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out
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Synonym Study

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, a more formal word now usually used in the past participle 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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Of greatest concern is the chance that the bill would revive an 1850s abortion ban that penalizes anyone who "furnishes the means" for an illegal abortion, the women said.

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After four of the 30 designers lost their homes and Showcase furnishings in the Eaton Fire, the committee supporting the Pasadena Showcase House of Design wasn’t sure it could stage this year’s 60th annual event.

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The flats are barely furnished, with just a mattress and blankets on the floor.

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Next door is the historic Helms Bakery campus, a former bread factory dating to the 1930s that now houses home furnishings and design stores, and restaurants.

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One artist talks about buying stuff from the mall to furnish the home they want to have, rather than the “sitcom” set they do have.

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