Furnishing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "furnishing":
     accouterment, adaptation, adjustment, armament, catering,
     chandlery, conditioning, enablement, endowment, equipment, finding,
     fit, fitting, fitting out, furnishment, investment, logistics,
     outfitting, preparation, procurement, providing, provision,
     provisioning, purveyance, qualification, reinforcement,
     replenishment, resupply, retailing, selling, subsidization,
     subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, tuning, victualing