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Webster 1913 Edition

Furbish

Fur′bish

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Furbished
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Furbishing
.]
[OE.
forbischen
, OF.
forbir
,
furbir
,
fourbir
, F.
fourbir
, fr. OHG.
furban
to clean. See
-ish
.]
To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish;
as, to
furbish
a sword or spear
.
Shak.
Furbish
new the name of John a Gaunt.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Furbish

FUR'BISH

,
Verb.
T.
To rub or scour to brightness; to polish; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear; to furbish arms.

Definition 2024

furbish

furbish

English

Verb

furbish ‎(third-person singular simple present furbishes, present participle furbishing, simple past and past participle furbished)

  1. To polish or burnish.
  2. To renovate or recondition.

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Etymology

From Middle English furbishen, from Old French furbir ‎(stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish furbjan ‎(“to clean, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *furbijaną ‎(“to clean”), from Proto-Indo-European *prep- ‎(“to appear”). Cognate with Old High German furben ‎(“to clean, cleanse, purge, sweep”).

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