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Webster 1913 Edition

Furnish

Fur′nish

(fûr′nĭsh)
,
Verb.
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
,
Verb.
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.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished

unto all good works.
2 Tim. iii. 17,
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
.
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.

Fur′nish

,
Noun.
That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
[Obs.]
Greene.

Webster 1828 Edition

Furnish

FUR'NISH

,
Verb.
T.
[There is a close affinity, in sense and elements, between furnish, garnish, and the L. orno, which may have been forno or horno. We see in furlow, above the f is lost in three of the languages, and it may be so in orno. The primary sense is to put on, or to set on.]
1.
To supply with any thing wanted or necessary; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish arms for defense; to furnish a table; to furnish a library; to furnish one with money or implements.
2.
To supply; to store; as, to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles.
3.
To fit up; to supply with the proper goods, vessels or ornamental appendages; as, to furnish a house or a room.
4.
To equip; to fit for an expedition; to supply.

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