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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUR'NISH, v.t. [There is a close affinity, in sense and elements, between furnish, garnish, and the L. orno, which may have been forno or horno. We see in furlow, above the f is lost in three of the languages, and it may be so in orno. The primary sense is to put on, or to set on.]
1. To supply with any thing wanted or necessary; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish arms for defense; to furnish a table; to furnish a library; to furnish one with money or implements.
2. To supply; to store; as, to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles.
3. To fit up; to supply with the proper goods, vessels or ornamental appendages; as, to furnish a house or a room.
4. To equip; to fit for an expedition; to supply.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish]
2: provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English furnisshen, from Anglo-French furniss-, stem of furnir, fournir to complete, equip, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German frummen to further, fruma advantage — more at foremost Date: 15th century 1. to provide with what is needed; especially to equip with furniture 2. supply, give <furnished food and shelter for the refugees> • furnisher noun Synonyms: furnish, equip, outfit, appoint, accoutre mean to supply one with what is needed. furnish implies the provision of any or all essentials for performing a function <a sparsely furnished apartment>. equip suggests the provision of something making for efficiency in action or use <a fully equipped kitchen>. outfit implies provision of a complete list or set of articles as for a journey, an expedition, or a special occupation <outfitted the family for a ski trip>. appoint implies provision of complete and usually elegant or elaborate equipment or furnishings <a lavishly appointed apartment>. accoutre suggests the supplying of personal dress or equipment for a special activity <fully accoutred members of a polar expedition>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 provide (a house, room, etc.) with all necessary contents, esp. movable furniture. 2 (foll. by with) cause to have possession or use of. 3 provide, afford, yield. Etymology: OF furnir ult. f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Furnish Fur"nish, n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] --Greene.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(furnishes, furnishing, furnished) 1. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. VERB: V n with n, also V n 2. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it. (FORMAL) They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details. VERB: V n with n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fur'-nish (male; plethomai):

To "furnish" is to supply with what is useful or necessary, to fit out, provide, equip. It is the translation of several Hebrew or Greek words: of male', "to fill in or up," "to complete" (Isa 65:11 the King James Version); nasa, "to lift up," "to aid" (1Ki 9:11); `anaq, Hiphil, probably "to lay on the neck," "to encircle" (with a bracelet) (De 15:14), of a slave set at liberty; `arakh, "to arrange in order," "to lay out a table" (Ps 78:19 the King James Version; Pr 9:2); `asah keli, "to make a vessel for containing things" (Jer 46:19, "Furnish thyself to go into captivity," the Revised Version, margin "Hebrew, make thee vessels of captivity"); plethomai, "to be filled" (Mt 22:10 the King James Version); stronnumi, "to strew," "to spread" (Mr 14:15; Lu 22:12); exartizo, "to complete fully," to equip" (2Ti 3:17).

In Ecclesiasticus 29:26 we have "furnish a table" (kosmeo); 44:6, "furnished with ability" (choregeo); /APC 1Macc 14:34 the King James Version, "He furnished them with all things" (tithemi).

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Provide, supply. 2. Equip, fit, fit up, fit out, fill or supply with furniture. 3. Give, bestow, present, contribute, afford.

Moby Thesaurus

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