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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Furnish \Fur"nish\ (f[^u]r"n[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Furnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furnishing}.] [OF. furnir,
fornir, to furnish, finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir,
furmir, fromir, to accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to
further, execute, do, akin to E. frame. See {Frame}, v. t.,
and {-ish}.]
1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate;
to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as,
to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with
arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind
with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles;
to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
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That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished
unto all good works. --2 Tim. iii.
17,
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2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give
(something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry:
to furnish arms for defense.
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Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering
unto that number. --Is. lxv. 11.
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His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs
that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay.
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