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disˈfurnish, v.
[ad. OF. desfourniss-, extended stem of desfournir, also deff-, défournir, f. des-, dis- 4 + fournir to furnish.]
trans. To deprive or divest of that wherewith it is furnished; to strip of furniture or belongings; to render destitute (of).
1531Elyot Gov. ii. vii. (1883) 75 Whan the emperour shuld be disfurnisshed of seruauntes. 1577Fenton Gold. Epist. 183 He hath disfurnished them of their principal weapons. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iv. i. 14 My riches, are these poore habiliments, Of which, if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I haue. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 249 Disfurnishing the Temple of utensils. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 222 The risk the University would run of being disfurnished of students. 1748Richardson Clarissa Wks. 1883 VIII. 432 Her closet, her chamber, her cabinet, given up to me to disfurnish. 1887Lowell Democr. 203 The Indians showed a far greater natural predisposition for disfurnishing the outside of other people's heads than for furnishing the insides of their own.
Hence disˈfurnished ppl. a., disˈfurnishing vbl. n.
a1577Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 204 Though his absence were unto hir a disfurnishing of eloquence. 1670Cotton Espernon i. ii. 46 To succour a weak, and disfurnish'd Prince, against an armed and prevailing Subject. 1799Southey Lett. (1856) I. 73, I seize a leisure minute, and a disfurnished room..to write to you. 1857H. Miller Test. Rocks vii. 270 The disfurnished earth was peopled anew. |