furnishv.

Brit.

/ˈfəːnɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈfərnɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English–1500s fourn-, furnis(s)he, furnys(s)he, (1500s fornyssh, furnesshe, furnice), 1500s–1600s, 1800s Scottish furneis, furness, furnich, furnise, furnyse.

Etymology: < Old French furniss- lengthened stem of furnir , also fornir , fournir (French fournir ) = Provençal fornir , Spanish fornir , Portuguese fornir , Italian fornire , apparently a Common Romance alteration of an earlier *formire , *fromire (Provençal formir , furmir , fromir ), < West Germanic *frummjan (Old Saxon frummian , Old High German frummen , Middle High German, vrümen ) to further, promote, accomplish, supply, < *frum- (as in Old High German, Old Saxon fruma (feminine), profit, advantage) ablaut-variant of *fram- forward: see from prep., adv., and conj.

†1. transitive. To accomplish, complete, fulfil. Also with that and object clause: To bring about, ensure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)]

lasteOE

ylastc888

wieldeOE

doeOE

dreeOE

forthOE

fremeOE

workOE

affordOE

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enact1597

act1602

to carry out1608

outcarry1611

celebrate1615

complya1616

peract1621

tide1631

implement1837

the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect

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obtain?a1425

procurec1425

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furnish1477

to bring about1480

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to make good1535

moyen1560

effect1581

effectuatea1586

to level out1606

operate1637

to carry offa1640

efficiate1639

work1761

engineer1831

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 117 I shal not departe me but that I shal furnissh myn auowe.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxiv. 126 For to see and furnysshe that this were doon.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 39 The knyght..shewed hym the waye that he muste holde for to furnysshe his entrepryse.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xx. 111 Behighte no thing but that ye may fournysshe & hold it.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiiiii. f. xxxii^v To furnysshe or perfourme the Story of Uortiger.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 245 I sawe that I hadde furnysshed your message.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Mvii^v A man maye see..furnished..those thiuges whiche husbandmen doo commenly in other countreys.

†2.

a. To fill, occupy, garrison (a place, etc.). Const. of, with, also simply. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)]

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occupyc1384

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people1597

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tenant1670

c1500 Three Kings' Sons (E.E.T.S.) 33 The houses were all fornyssht with folkes.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxviii. 52 The cyte was strong, and well furnysshed of men a warr.

1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 153 There shall be a boord..furnished with lords spirituall and temporal.

a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. II. 37 Four riche charettes, one of them emptie, and iij. other furnysshed with diuerse auncient old lades.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 278 The Gouernour commandes to furnice the castell of Ed^r be al meines.

1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) Pref. 11 A World already filled & furnished.

b. To fill, occupy (a position); also with out.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [verb (transitive)] > hold an office

occupyc1375

fillc1475

holdc1475

furnish1576

1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 257 There is a place voide and to be furnished.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 108 That they haue neede to be instructed or els that they cannot furnish out the place to performe their dutie.

†3. To supply, provide for (needs, occasions, expenses). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > supply (needs or wants)

furnish1496

supporta1500

beeta1522

sustain1539

nourish1568

to set forthc1610

sustenate1712

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 304 Item..giffin..to furnys Margret Drummondis costis in Linlithquho.

a1555 L. Saunders in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 191 My nede concerning bodely necessaryes, is..furnyshed by Gods prouision.

1666 A. Marvell Let. 6 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 44 The house is much in earnest to furnish his Majestyes present occasions.

a. To provide or supply with (something necessary, useful, or desirable, either material or immaterial). †Also const. in (cf. find v. 18), of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything

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garnish?a1400

stuff14..

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support?1507

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supply1529

speed1531

help (a person) to (also with)1569

sort1598

suffice1600

enduea1616

starta1640

employ1690

find1713

to fix out1725

issue1737

service1969

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlvi. 154 Whan the shyppe was fournyshyd with vytaylles, than he put therin his horses.

1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 Of evry thyng mete for houssold vnprovydyd and furnyshyd.

1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Aviii^v Let youre wiues..furnishe them selues with al pointes of honest housewifery.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. 5 To furnish them of iron, hemp and sails.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 301 Scotland had furnist Jngland in all necessaries to the Weiris.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 141 Come, sweare to that: kisse the Booke: I will furnish it anon with new Contents.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §9. 1600 Parmezan, of which the Bailo of Venice doth alwayes furnish them.

1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 210 Ending at May, at which time the Trees begin to be furnished with leaves.

1700 J. Wallis in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 319 A man may be furnished with genteel accomplishment.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. ii. 18 An inhabitant..who has furnished one..in meat, cloaths, or other merchandize.

1772 H. Mackenzie Man of World (1823) ii. iv. 470 There was too much innocence in the breast of Lucy, to suffer it to be furnished with disguise.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 638 The officers..had orders to furnish him with whatever military aid he might require.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 192 He [Plato] has furnished us with the instruments of thought.

†b. intransitive for reflexive. To provide oneself with (something). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > specific oneself

furnish1631

outfit1881

1631 N. Ward Let. in Simple Cobler Aggawam (1843) 93 I expect measure hard enough and must furnish apace with proportionable armour.

c. (Chiefly in passive.) To provide (an instrument, organ, etc.) with (some appendage subsidiary to its function).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > (a thing) with an appendage

arma1533

furnish1740

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xl Rockets..may be both within and without furnished with crackers.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 352 Each of the bladders should be furnished with a stop-cock.

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 19 Bones..which..are furnished with a great mass of muscles.

1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 252 The..tail of this bird..is furnished with proper quills.

†a. simply. To supply with what is necessary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > with what is necessary or deficient

supplyc1480

furnish1600

succenturiate1622

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. iv. 9 Tis now but foure of clocke, we haue two houres To furnish vs.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxviii. 19 Can God furnish a table in the wildernes?

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 76 It is succoured & furnished by the neerenesse of the ports of Ascalon [etc.].

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Man. ii. iii. 318 The outer [branch]..furnishes the Cheeks and Muscles of the Face.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 185/1 The Abbots Table must be furnished for Strangers.

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 93 The English..thinking themselves compleatly furnished by Barley and Oat-Malt-Liquors, have supinely neglected the Improvement of the best of all others.

†b. To decorate, embellish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament

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deck?1521

likelya1522

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flower1587

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tinsel1594

formalize1595

adore1596

suborn1596

trapper1597

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diamondize1600

furnish1600

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mense1602

prank1605

overgreen1609

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bespangle1675

irradiate1717

gem1747

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redeck1771

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diamond1839

panoply1851

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 103 Ile shew thee some attyres, and haue thy counsaile, Which is the best to furnish me to morrow.

1690 Earl of Halifax Epist. Earl of Dorset 9 The wounded Arm wou'd furnish all their Rooms, And bleed for ever Scarlet in the Looms.

c. in Hop-growing. (See quot.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > tie up hops

overpole1707

hover1847

furnish1848

rush1848

1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 555 It is not..necessary for the hop-tiers to wait until there are three bines for every pole long enough to tie, that is, for the hills to furnish, as they term it..When every pole furnished with three bines pull the remainder out of the hills.

1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 556 I have known bine that has been kept back..by cold weather..so as not to furnish the poles before the middle of June.

†6. esp. To prepare for work or active service; to equip (a person), caparison, harness (a horse), fit up (a weapon, etc.), fit out (a ship). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit

frameOE

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to furnish up1573

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to set out1585

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outreik1591

befit1598

to furnish forth1600

fita1616

to fit up1670

outrig1681

to fit out1722

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outfit1798

habilitate1824

arm1860

to fake out1871

heel1873

1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 197 Hand-goones furnesshed, cc.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus v. ix, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 494 Chosroes being now furnished to battaile.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 242 How sune the schip was now furniched, sayle thay lous.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 18 He shall not suffer any souldier to come thither without his Armes fully furnished.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 312 Bucephalus,..being sadled and furnished,..could endure none but Alexander.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 39 He then, that is not furnish'd in this sort, Doth but vsurpe the Sacred name of Knight.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 22 Farre better..to purchase a plantation there ready furnisht.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 34 There is sufficient to furnish them against all attempts whatsoever.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 126 Six led Horses, all of excellent shape, and nobly furnish'd.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 2 Every ordinary Sailor is able to do it, if his Merchants are but qualified to furnish him for so long a Voyage.

7. To fit up (an apartment, a house) with all requisite appliances, including a supply of movable ‘furniture’ (see furniture n. 7), which in modern use is the predominant notion.Quot. 1611 exemplifies sense 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > furnish (a house or room) [verb (transitive)]

array1366

furnish1650

munition1862

1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxii. 12 He shall shew you a large vpper roume furnished. ]

1650 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 270 A stately chamber furnished to have entertained a prince.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. i. 2 The apartments are lofty and enormous and they knew not how to furnish them.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xli. 159 He had taken more pains to furnish his house, than his mind.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 342 A church may be furnished, as well as built, by degrees.

absolute.1837 W. F. Hook in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. W. F. Hook (1878) I. 407 My lady is very busy a-furnishing.

8. To provide, contribute, afford, supply, yield.The general currency of this sense appears to date from the 18th cent., and is perhaps due to modern French influence. The Scottish instances (16–17th centuries) quoted below may belong to 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide, afford, or yield

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providec1425

supporta1449

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offer1550

afforda1568

servea1577

award1582

presenta1586

produce1585

deliver1605

officiate1667

furnish1754

to throw up1768

scale1853

1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 6 I may nocht furnise to this excellent werk euery kind of necessar waippin.

1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 29 Dec. (1855) 142 The Committie finding that Johne Wilsone, runaway, in Crocemichael, is unable to goe upon service..ordaines the said paroche of Crocemichael to furneis ane uther in his place.]

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. iii. 110 Philosophy has furnished Difficulties on every Side.

1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 3 Nov. 160 The host..refused to furnish him a dinner without previous payment.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48 The idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 390 The exhalents..furnish a fluid similar in use to the secretion of the lachrymal gland.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 119 The pinnacles furnish the third term to the spire and tower.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 453 The proof which you desire has been already furnished.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. iii. 25 Rhode Island..has furnished the most abundant analogies to the Greek republics of antiquity.

9. dialect. = burnish v.² Hence in Stable slang, of a horse: To fill out, gain in strength and ‘condition’. (Cf. furnished adj. 2b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > gain in strength and condition

furnish1862

1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. x. 103 The horse had furnished so since then.

1883 Standard 19 May 3/3 Being a big horse he is not quite furnished yet.

1898 N.E.D. at Furnish Mod. (Suffolk) ‘She is tall for age, and thin; now, it is to be hoped, she will begin to furnish.’

10. With adverbs.

a. to furnish forth v. Used by Shakespeare with the sense = 5, 6 above; echoed by later writers (by Scott in the more recent sense 8).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit

frameOE

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appoint1490

deck?15..

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trim1523

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furnish1548

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to furnish up1573

to furnish out1577

rig1579

to set out1585

equipage1590

outreik1591

befit1598

to furnish forth1600

fita1616

to fit up1670

outrig1681

to fit out1722

mount?1775

outfit1798

habilitate1824

arm1860

to fake out1871

heel1873

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 225 Will your lordship lend me a thousand pound to furnish me forth ?

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 180 The funerall bak't meates Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 27 Our broad nets have swept the mere, To furnish forth your evening cheer.

1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 16 Aug. 386 I got myself well furnished forth as a defence against the rain.

1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh iv. 29 Clayton had..slain a sufficient number of victims to furnish forth pies for the supply of the whole mess.

1864 ‘G. Eliot’ in Cornhill Mag. July 13 What housewife..would not think shame to furnish forth her table with articles that were not home-cooked?

1903 R. Langbridge Flame & Flood xvi So she would..order..the best that the ‘cuiseen’..could furnish forth.

b. to furnish out v. (a) To supply what is lacking in; to complete. (b) To supply adequate materials or provision for. (c) To send out with proper equipment or training. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit

frameOE

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appoint1490

deck?15..

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to furnish up1573

to furnish out1577

rig1579

to set out1585

equipage1590

outreik1591

befit1598

to furnish forth1600

fita1616

to fit up1670

outrig1681

to fit out1722

mount?1775

outfit1798

habilitate1824

arm1860

to fake out1871

heel1873

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 184^v When..you are to furnish out the number, you must [etc.].

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ii. 6 To furnish out all knowledge in the cunning, and all iudgement in the wise.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. v. 11 There's not so much left to furnish out a moderate Table.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. v. 236 They..improved their interest with all their benefactours, to furnish out a fleet.

1662 H. More Gen. Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) Pref. Gen. 22 Whose great example..furnished out many undaunted Champions of the Christian Faith.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 439 How many Heroes would Moor-fields have furnished out in the days of old.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 1 (1753) I He may yet have enough to furnish out an Essay.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 268 Modern customs..often leave to the imagination the task of furnishing out the proper quantity of beauty.

†c. to furnish up v. (a) To supply the necessary material for, make up, bring into a complete form. (b) To fit up with proper equipment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit

frameOE

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provide1465

fortify1470

emparel1480

appoint1490

deck?15..

equip1523

trim1523

accoutre1533

furnish1548

accommodate1552

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to furnish up1573

to furnish out1577

rig1579

to set out1585

equipage1590

outreik1591

befit1598

to furnish forth1600

fita1616

to fit up1670

outrig1681

to fit out1722

mount?1775

outfit1798

habilitate1824

arm1860

to fake out1871

heel1873

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 9 Here was stuf gud plente to furnish up a trim tragedi.

1593 R. Bancroft Daungerous Positions iii. xiii. 115 Before a Nationall Synode be celebrated, let it be called three monethes afore, that they may prepare and furnish vp those thinges, that belong vnto it.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 26 a With al dilligence..he furnished vp his Nauy to the sea.

1785 G. Crabbe News-paper 14 As many rows as furnish up a sheet.

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单词	furnish
释义	furnishn. Brit. /ˈfəːnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfərnɪʃ/ Etymology: < furnish v. Thesaurus » †a. A furnishing or providing; concrete a provision or stock of anything (obsolete). Thesaurus » †b. The state of being furnished or fitted (obsolete). c. colloquial. A setting off or embellishing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration atiffement1330 agraithing1340 apparela1375 anornamenta1382 adubmentc1400 dubmentc1400 anourement?1403 honourment1442 honestnessa1450 quaintisingc1450 ornaturea1475 adorning1495 furnish1500 accomplement?c1525 decking1531 habilimenta1533 parelc1540 exornation1548 garnishment1550 attirement1566 beautifyings1574 pranking1580 trinklement1582 decoration1584 decorement1587 trapping1596 trim1598 garnish1615 vinetry1622 polition1623 trickmenta1625 deckage1642 decor1656 garniture1685 buskrya1687 ornamentation1706 broidery1782 dizenment1864 necking1946 fanciness1961 1500 Will of Sir John Treffry (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/12) f. 154 A Furnyssh of bras. 1604 S. Daniel Funerall Poeme Earle of Devonshyre That furnish perfect held. 1613–21 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 169 He sends him a whole Furnish of all Vessels for his Chamber of cleane gold. 1617 I. H. in Greenes Groatsworth of Witte (rev. ed.) To Wittie Poets sig. A3 To lend the world a furnish of Witte, shee layes her owne to pawne. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 115 His..Office..was chiefly to haue in regard the Furnish for these graue and Reuerent persons. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 179 Furniture for the whole furnish of a Chamber. 1896 Daily News 7 Mar. 6/3 The chin..is often the better for the ‘furnish’ of the strings. d. The materials from which paper is manufactured. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > [noun] paper stock1862 stock1873 furnish1920 1920 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making 374 The characters of these sorted rags are taken into account in the composition of the paper-maker's furnish. 1929 Penrose's Ann. XXXI. 99 A good proportion of cotton and/or linen in the furnish of a paper, as well as high chemical purity, are essential for durability. 1969 M. Kilby Write on Both Sides i. 31 ‘Depends what furnish you're working to.’ ‘Furnish?’ ‘That's what we call the formula of a paper.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). furnishv. Brit. /ˈfəːnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfərnɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English–1500s fourn-, furnis(s)he, furnys(s)he, (1500s fornyssh, furnesshe, furnice), 1500s–1600s, 1800s Scottish furneis, furness, furnich, furnise, furnyse. Etymology: < Old French furniss- lengthened stem of furnir , also fornir , fournir (French fournir ) = Provençal fornir , Spanish fornir , Portuguese fornir , Italian fornire , apparently a Common Romance alteration of an earlier formire , fromire (Provençal formir , furmir , fromir ), < West Germanic frummjan (Old Saxon frummian* , Old High German frummen , Middle High German, vrümen ) to further, promote, accomplish, supply, < frum- (as in Old High German, Old Saxon fruma* (feminine), profit, advantage) ablaut-variant of fram- forward: see from prep., adv., and conj. †1. transitive. To accomplish, complete, fulfil. Also with that* and object clause: To bring about, ensure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] lasteOE ylastc888 wieldeOE doeOE dreeOE forthOE fremeOE workOE affordOE full-bringc1175 fulfila1225 perfurnisha1325 complishc1374 performc1384 achievea1393 chevisea1400 practic?a1425 exploitc1425 execute1477 furnish1477 through1498 practa1513 enure1549 chare1570 enact1597 act1602 to carry out1608 outcarry1611 celebrate1615 complya1616 peract1621 tide1631 implement1837 the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > achieve or effect helpc1410 obtain?a1425 procurec1425 practise?a1439 upholdc1450 furnish1477 to bring about1480 to bring to passc1513 conduce1518 contrive1530 to make good1535 moyen1560 effect1581 effectuatea1586 to level out1606 operate1637 to carry offa1640 efficiate1639 work1761 engineer1831 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 117 I shal not departe me but that I shal furnissh myn auowe. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxiv. 126 For to see and furnysshe that this were doon. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 39 The knyght..shewed hym the waye that he muste holde for to furnysshe his entrepryse. c1500 Melusine (1895) xx. 111 Behighte no thing but that ye may fournysshe & hold it. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiiiii. f. xxxii^v To furnysshe or perfourme the Story of Uortiger. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 245 I sawe that I hadde furnysshed your message. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Mvii^v A man maye see..furnished..those thiuges whiche husbandmen doo commenly in other countreys. †2. a. To fill, occupy, garrison (a place, etc.). Const. of, with, also simply. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] hold1297 occupyc1384 purprise1481 furnishc1500 people1597 possess1604 enharbour1613 tenant1670 c1500 Three Kings' Sons (E.E.T.S.) 33 The houses were all fornyssht with folkes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxviii. 52 The cyte was strong, and well furnysshed of men a warr. 1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 153 There shall be a boord..furnished with lords spirituall and temporal. a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. II. 37 Four riche charettes, one of them emptie, and iij. other furnysshed with diuerse auncient old lades. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 278 The Gouernour commandes to furnice the castell of Ed^r be al meines. 1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) Pref. 11 A World already filled & furnished. b. To fill, occupy (a position); also with out. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [verb (transitive)] > hold an office occupyc1375 fillc1475 holdc1475 furnish1576 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 257 There is a place voide and to be furnished. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 108 That they haue neede to be instructed or els that they cannot furnish out the place to performe their dutie. †3. To supply, provide for (needs, occasions, expenses). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > supply (needs or wants) furnish1496 supporta1500 beeta1522 sustain1539 nourish1568 to set forthc1610 sustenate1712 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 304 Item..giffin..to furnys Margret Drummondis costis in Linlithquho. a1555 L. Saunders in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 191 My nede concerning bodely necessaryes, is..furnyshed by Gods prouision. 1666 A. Marvell Let. 6 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 44 The house is much in earnest to furnish his Majestyes present occasions. 4. a. To provide or supply with (something necessary, useful, or desirable, either material or immaterial). †Also const. in (cf. find v. 18), of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything feather?c1225 serve?c1225 astore1297 purveya1325 purveyc1325 warnishc1330 supply1384 bego1393 garnish?a1400 stuff14.. instore1432 relievec1480 providec1485 appurvey1487 support?1507 furnishc1515 repair1518 supply1529 speed1531 help (a person) to (also with)1569 sort1598 suffice1600 enduea1616 starta1640 employ1690 find1713 to fix out1725 issue1737 service1969 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlvi. 154 Whan the shyppe was fournyshyd with vytaylles, than he put therin his horses. 1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 10 Of evry thyng mete for houssold vnprovydyd and furnyshyd. 1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Aviii^v Let youre wiues..furnishe them selues with al pointes of honest housewifery. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. 5 To furnish them of iron, hemp and sails. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 301 Scotland had furnist Jngland in all necessaries to the Weiris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 141 Come, sweare to that: kisse the Booke: I will furnish it anon with new Contents. View more context for this quotation 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xv. §9. 1600 Parmezan, of which the Bailo of Venice doth alwayes furnish them. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 210 Ending at May, at which time the Trees begin to be furnished with leaves. 1700 J. Wallis in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 319 A man may be furnished with genteel accomplishment. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. ii. 18 An inhabitant..who has furnished one..in meat, cloaths, or other merchandize. 1772 H. Mackenzie Man of World (1823) ii. iv. 470 There was too much innocence in the breast of Lucy, to suffer it to be furnished with disguise. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 638 The officers..had orders to furnish him with whatever military aid he might require. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 192 He [Plato] has furnished us with the instruments of thought. †b. intransitive for reflexive. To provide oneself with (something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > specific oneself furnish1631 outfit1881 1631 N. Ward Let. in Simple Cobler Aggawam (1843) 93 I expect measure hard enough and must furnish apace with proportionable armour. c. (Chiefly in passive.) To provide (an instrument, organ, etc.) with (some appendage subsidiary to its function). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > (a thing) with an appendage arma1533 furnish1740 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xl Rockets..may be both within and without furnished with crackers. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 352 Each of the bladders should be furnished with a stop-cock. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 19 Bones..which..are furnished with a great mass of muscles. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 252 The..tail of this bird..is furnished with proper quills. 5. †a. simply. To supply with what is necessary. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > with what is necessary or deficient supplyc1480 furnish1600 succenturiate1622 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. iv. 9 Tis now but foure of clocke, we haue two houres To furnish vs. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxviii. 19 Can God furnish a table in the wildernes? View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 76 It is succoured & furnished by the neerenesse of the ports of Ascalon [etc.]. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) Man. ii. iii. 318 The outer [branch]..furnishes the Cheeks and Muscles of the Face. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 185/1 The Abbots Table must be furnished for Strangers. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 93 The English..thinking themselves compleatly furnished by Barley and Oat-Malt-Liquors, have supinely neglected the Improvement of the best of all others. †b. To decorate, embellish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 103 Ile shew thee some attyres, and haue thy counsaile, Which is the best to furnish me to morrow. View more context for this quotation 1690 Earl of Halifax Epist. Earl of Dorset 9 The wounded Arm wou'd furnish all their Rooms, And bleed for ever Scarlet in the Looms. c. in Hop-growing. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > tie up hops overpole1707 hover1847 furnish1848 rush1848 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 555 It is not..necessary for the hop-tiers to wait until there are three bines for every pole long enough to tie, that is, for the hills to furnish, as they term it..When every pole furnished with three bines pull the remainder out of the hills. 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 556 I have known bine that has been kept back..by cold weather..so as not to furnish the poles before the middle of June. †6. esp. To prepare for work or active service; to equip (a person), caparison, harness (a horse), fit up (a weapon, etc.), fit out (a ship). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 197 Hand-goones furnesshed, cc. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus v. ix, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 494 Chosroes being now furnished to battaile. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 242 How sune the schip was now furniched, sayle thay lous. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 18 He shall not suffer any souldier to come thither without his Armes fully furnished. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 312 Bucephalus,..being sadled and furnished,..could endure none but Alexander. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 39 He then, that is not furnish'd in this sort, Doth but vsurpe the Sacred name of Knight. View more context for this quotation 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 22 Farre better..to purchase a plantation there ready furnisht. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 34 There is sufficient to furnish them against all attempts whatsoever. View more context for this quotation a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 126 Six led Horses, all of excellent shape, and nobly furnish'd. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 2 Every ordinary Sailor is able to do it, if his Merchants are but qualified to furnish him for so long a Voyage. 7. To fit up (an apartment, a house) with all requisite appliances, including a supply of movable ‘furniture’ (see furniture n. 7), which in modern use is the predominant notion.Quot. 1611 exemplifies sense 5. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > furnish (a house or room) [verb (transitive)] array1366 furnish1650 munition1862 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxii. 12 He shall shew you a large vpper roume furnished. View more context for this quotation] 1650 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 270 A stately chamber furnished to have entertained a prince. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. i. 2 The apartments are lofty and enormous and they knew not how to furnish them. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xli. 159 He had taken more pains to furnish his house, than his mind. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 342 A church may be furnished, as well as built, by degrees. absolute.1837 W. F. Hook in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. W. F. Hook (1878) I. 407 My lady is very busy a-furnishing. 8. To provide, contribute, afford, supply, yield.The general currency of this sense appears to date from the 18th cent., and is perhaps due to modern French influence. The Scottish instances (16–17th centuries) quoted below may belong to 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide, afford, or yield givec1200 providec1425 supporta1449 utter1547 yield1548 offer1550 afforda1568 servea1577 award1582 presenta1586 produce1585 deliver1605 officiate1667 furnish1754 to throw up1768 scale1853 1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 6 I may nocht furnise to this excellent werk euery kind of necessar waippin. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 29 Dec. (1855) 142 The Committie finding that Johne Wilsone, runaway, in Crocemichael, is unable to goe upon service..ordaines the said paroche of Crocemichael to furneis ane uther in his place.] 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. iii. 110 Philosophy has furnished Difficulties on every Side. 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 3 Nov. 160 The host..refused to furnish him a dinner without previous payment. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48 The idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation. View more context for this quotation 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 390 The exhalents..furnish a fluid similar in use to the secretion of the lachrymal gland. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 119 The pinnacles furnish the third term to the spire and tower. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 453 The proof which you desire has been already furnished. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. iii. 25 Rhode Island..has furnished the most abundant analogies to the Greek republics of antiquity. 9. dialect. = burnish v.² Hence in Stable slang, of a horse: To fill out, gain in strength and ‘condition’. (Cf. furnished adj. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > gain in strength and condition furnish1862 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. x. 103 The horse had furnished so since then. 1883 Standard 19 May 3/3 Being a big horse he is not quite furnished yet. 1898 N.E.D. at Furnish Mod. (Suffolk) ‘She is tall for age, and thin; now, it is to be hoped, she will begin to furnish.’ 10. With adverbs. a. to furnish forth v. Used by Shakespeare with the sense = 5, 6 above; echoed by later writers (by Scott in the more recent sense 8). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. ii. 225 Will your lordship lend me a thousand pound to furnish me forth ? View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 180 The funerall bak't meates Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 27 Our broad nets have swept the mere, To furnish forth your evening cheer. 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 16 Aug. 386 I got myself well furnished forth as a defence against the rain. 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh iv. 29 Clayton had..slain a sufficient number of victims to furnish forth pies for the supply of the whole mess. 1864 ‘G. Eliot’ in Cornhill Mag. July 13 What housewife..would not think shame to furnish forth her table with articles that were not home-cooked? 1903 R. Langbridge Flame & Flood xvi So she would..order..the best that the ‘cuiseen’..could furnish forth. b. to furnish out v. (a) To supply what is lacking in; to complete. (b) To supply adequate materials or provision for. (c) To send out with proper equipment or training. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 184^v When..you are to furnish out the number, you must [etc.]. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ii. 6 To furnish out all knowledge in the cunning, and all iudgement in the wise. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. v. 11 There's not so much left to furnish out a moderate Table. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. v. 236 They..improved their interest with all their benefactours, to furnish out a fleet. 1662 H. More Gen. Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) Pref. Gen. 22 Whose great example..furnished out many undaunted Champions of the Christian Faith. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 439 How many Heroes would Moor-fields have furnished out in the days of old. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 1 (1753) I He may yet have enough to furnish out an Essay. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 268 Modern customs..often leave to the imagination the task of furnishing out the proper quantity of beauty. †c. to furnish up v. (a) To supply the necessary material for, make up, bring into a complete form. (b) To fit up with proper equipment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit frameOE dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 to fit out1722 mount?1775 outfit1798 habilitate1824 arm1860 to fake out1871 heel1873 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 9 Here was stuf gud plente to furnish up a trim tragedi. 1593 R. Bancroft Daungerous Positions iii. xiii. 115 Before a Nationall Synode be celebrated, let it be called three monethes afore, that they may prepare and furnish vp those thinges, that belong vnto it. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 26 a With al dilligence..he furnished vp his Nauy to the sea. 1785 G. Crabbe News-paper 14 As many rows as furnish up a sheet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1500v.1477
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