furbish
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English furbishen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French furbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), of Germanic origin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish furbjan (“to clean, polish”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *furbijaną (“to clean”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *prep- (“to appear”). Cognate with Old High German furben (“to clean, cleanse, purge, sweep”).
Verb
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- To polish or burnish.
- To renovate or recondition.
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Translations
To polish or burnish
To renovate or recondition
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