'Furnish' definitions:
Definition of 'furnish'
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Definition of 'Furnish'
From: GCIDE
- Furnish \Fur"nish\, n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] --Greene. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Furnish'
From: GCIDE
- 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, 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. [1913 Webster]
- That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. --2 Tim. iii. 17, [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number. --Is. lxv. 11. [1913 Webster]
- His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'furnish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accouter,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- afford,
- apparel,
- appoint,
- arm,
- array,
- attune,
- bear,
- bear fruit,
- bring forth,
- capacitate,
- clothe,
- condition,
- contribute,
- decorate,
- deliver,
- dispense,
- donate,
- dower,
- dress,
- enable,
- endow,
- endue,
- equip,
- favor with,
- feed,
- fill,
- fill up,
- find,
- fit,
- fit out,
- fit up,
- fructify,
- fruit,
- fund,
- gear,
- give,
- hand,
- hand over,
- heap upon,
- heel,
- indulge with,
- invest,
- keep,
- lavish upon,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make provision for,
- man,
- mount,
- munition,
- outfit,
- pour on,
- prepare,
- present,
- produce,
- provide,
- provide for,
- provision,
- put in trim,
- put in tune,
- qualify,
- recruit,
- replenish,
- rig,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- shower down upon,
- staff,
- stock,
- stock up,
- store,
- subsidize,
- suit,
- supply,
- support,
- transfer,
- tune,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- yield