furnish

English

Etymology

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjanan (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.

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Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Related terms

• furniture

Translations

to provide with furniture

Bulgarian: обзавеждам (bg) (obzavezhdam), мебелирам (bg) (mebeliram) Czech: vybavit nábytkem Dutch: meubileren (nl), bemeubelen (nl), meubelen (nl) Finnish: kalustaa (fi), sisustaa (fi) German: möblieren (de) Hungarian: bebútoroz (hu), berendez (hu)

Japanese: 備え付ける (そなえつける, sonaetsukeru) Norwegian: innrede (no), møblere (no) Polish: meblować / umeblować Spanish: amoblar (es), amueblar (es) Swedish: inreda, möblera

to supply

Finnish: varustaa (fi) Hungarian: ellát (hu) Italian: fornire (it) Japanese: 供給する (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū-suru)

Polish: dostarczyć / dostarczać, zaopatrzyć / zaopatrywać Spanish: suministrar (es), proporcionar (es), dotar (es) Swedish: tillhandahålla, förse (sv)

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French: fournir Ido: furnisar Turkish: techiz etmek (1), donatmak (2)

External links

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