furnish

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English furnysshen < Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir, fournir, French fournir < Old High German frumjan (“‘to perform, provide’”) < fruma (“‘utility, gain’”), akin to Old English fremu (“‘profit, advantage’”), fremian (“‘to promote, perform’”).

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furnish (plural furnishes)

1. Material used to create an engineered product.
   • 2003, Martin E. Rogers, Timothy E. Long, Synthetic Methods in Step-growth Polymers, Wiley-IEEE, page 257

     The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.

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to furnish (third-person singular simple present furnishes, present participle furnishing, simple past and past participle furnished) (transitive)

1. To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
2. (figuratively) To supply or give.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 119

     ...he took his seat at the bottom of the table, by her ladyship's desire, and looked as if he felt that life could furnish nothing greater.

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• furniture

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• furnish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• furnish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911