Furnish
Pronunciation
Origin
From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from , from Frankish *frumjan ("to complete, execute"), from Proto-Germanic *frumjanÄ… ("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.
Full definition of furnish
Noun
furnish
(plural furnishes)- Material used to create an engineered product.
- 2003, Martin E. Rogers, Timothy E. Long, Synthetic Methods in Step-growth Polymers, Wiley-IEEE, page 257The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.
Verb
- (transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or give.to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish the mind with ideas
- MacaulayHis writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense.
- 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.