01 v. t. 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 w…
imp. & p. p.
Furnished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Furnishing
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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.“That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” — 2 Tim. iii. 17,
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To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.“Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number.” — Is. lxv. 11.“His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense.” — Macaulay.