2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furnish \Fur"nish\, v. 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}, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
furnished
adj : provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as
furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished
apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox" [syn: {equipped}]
[ant: {unfurnished}]