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refurbish, v.|riːˈfɜːbɪʃ|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To furbish anew; to repolish, do up again.
1611Cotgr., Refourbir, to refurbish, repolish. 1824Landor Imag. Conv., Abbé Delille & Landor Wks. 1853 I. 100/1 It requires a better poet to refurbish a trite thought than to exhibit an original. 1874Gladstone Ritualism in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 674 She has refurbished and paraded anew every rusty tool.
Hence reˈfurbished ppl. a.; reˈfurbishing vbl. n.; also reˈfurbishment.
1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xlii, It was a charming little room in its refurbished condition. 1879Daily News 31 Dec. 5/2 The refurbishing of an old and faded political celebrity. 1885Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 732 The figures which are in process of refurbishment at Madame Tussaud's. |