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refurnish en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English furnish English refurnish From re- + furnish.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To furnish again; to get new furniture for.
   • I'm planning to refurnish my flat.
2. (transitive) To supply or provide anew.
   • [Y]et by his moſte excellent witte⸝ he in a few yeres⸝ nat only broughte this realme in good ordre and vnder due obedience⸝ reuiued the lawes⸝ auanced Juſtice⸝ refurniſſhed his dominions⸝ and repayred his manours: […] 1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of the Fifthe Braunche Called Circumspection⸝ Shewed in Reprinse”, in The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC, 1st boke, folios 90, recto – 90, verso:
   • The soldiers were refurnished with provisions.

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refurnishment