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refurnish, v.|riːˈfɜːnɪʃ|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To furnish anew, in various senses.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xxiv, [Henry VII] refurnisshed his dominions, and repayred his manours. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iv. iii. 109 If any men..be hurt or slaine,..how are these rankes to be refurnished. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. vii. (1677) 187 The Brutes and Birds..might easily refurnish the same Continent after the subsiding of the Flood. 1829Lytton Disowned xxv, You will refurnish the house, I suppose? 1849Stovel Canne's Necess. Introd. 48 The Reformed church of England was never adapted to overthrow, however it might modify and refurnish, the fabric of superstition.
Hence reˈfurnished ppl. a.; reˈfurnishment.
1835Lytton Rienzi iv. i, The redecorated, refurnished, and smiling shops. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur viii. i, The refurnishment was in a style richer than before. |