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Refurbish

Re-fur′bish

(r?-f?r′b?sh)
,
Verb.
T.
To furbish anew.

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refurbish

refurbish

English

Verb

refurbish ‎(third-person singular simple present refurbishes, present participle refurbishing, simple past and past participle refurbished)

  1. To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

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1605, from re- +‎ furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Old French furbir ‎(stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), 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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