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furnish

[fur-nish]

verb (used with object)

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

    Synonyms: ,
  2. to provide or supply (often followed bywith ).

    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

/ ˈ´Úɜ˲Ôɪʃ /

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

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • furnisher noun
  • overfurnish verb (used with object)
  • prefurnish verb (used with object)
  • refurnish verb (used with object)
  • underfurnish verb (used with object)
  • ˈ´Ú³Ü°ù²Ô¾±²õ³ó±ð°ù noun
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51³Ô¹Ï 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 provideâ€
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51³Ô¹Ï 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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From Lucy’s outward appearance and a quick peek inside Adore’s startup-chic offices, which look as though they’ve been furnished from the expensive side of Wayfair, one would think Lucy is rolling in dough.

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But also in coveted art pieces and stylish furnishings.

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You turn an old-school metal key in your door and find a room full of stylishly recycled furnishings — woodsy but luxe, with yoga mats leaning in a corner.

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Dazey designed the colorful furnishings, wallpaper, textiles and many of the artworks.

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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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