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单词 disfurnish
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disfurnishv.

Etymology: < Old French desfourniss-, extended stem of desfournir , also deff- , défournir , < des- , dis- prefix 1d + fournir to furnish v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disˈfurnish.
transitive. To deprive or divest of that wherewith it is furnished; to strip of furniture or belongings; to render destitute (of).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of any adjunct or asset
stripc1405
disgarnish1481
disray1483
disfurnish1531
unpeoplea1533
disarray1579
disrobe1606
diseffect1613
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qij Whan the emperour shuld be disfurnisshed of seruauntes.
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 104 He hath disfurnished them of their principall weapons.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 15 My riches, are these poore habiliments, Of which, if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I haue. View more context for this quotation
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 249 Disfurnishing the Temple of utensils.
1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 222 The risk the University would run of being disfurnished of students.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xcv. 352 Her closet, her chamber, her cabinet, given up to me to disfurnish.
1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 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.

Derivatives

disˈfurnished adj.
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the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived
forlornc1150
bereaved?a1200
destitute14..
private?a1425
devoidedc1430
disgarnished1484
destituted1550
deprived1552
deprivate1575
berapt1581
bereft1586
bereaven1592
dispossessed1599
ungraced1602
privated1656
viduated1660
disfurnished1670
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 46 To succour a weak, and disfurnish'd Prince, against an armed and prevailing Subject.
1799 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 73 I seize a leisure minute, and a disfurnished room..to write to you.
a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) vii. 270 The disfurnished earth was peopled anew.
disˈfurnishing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > action of depriving
privationa1425
depriving1475
deprivation1533
bereavinga1535
disfurniture1565
disfurnishinga1577
disfurnishment1603
deprival1611
deprivement1630
denudation1633
disgarnishing1812
a1577 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 204 Though his absence were unto hir a disfurnishing of eloquence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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