furnish

UK: /ˈfɜː^rnɪʃ/ US: /ˈfɝnɪʃ/ ,(fûr′nish)

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fur•nish /ˈfɜrnɪʃ/   v. [~ + object]

1. to supply (a house, room, etc.) with what is needed, esp. with furniture:
   to furnish an apartment.
2. to provide:
   The delay furnished me with the time I needed.

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fur•nish  (fûr′nish), v.t. 

1. to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
2. to provide or supply (often fol. by with):
   The delay furnished me with the time I needed.

n. 

3. Printing paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.

• Gmc; compare Old High German frumjan to provide
• Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir to accomplish, furnish
• late Middle English furnisshen 1400–50

fur′nish•er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1, 2. rig, outfit, deck out.
  Furnish, appoint, equip all refer to providing something necessary.
  Furnish emphasizes the idea of providing necessary or customary services or appliances in living quarters:
  to furnish board; a room meagerly furnished with a bed, desk, and a wooden chair.
  Appoint (now found only in well-
  appointed) means to furnish completely with all requisites or accessories or in an elegant style:
  a well-appointed house.
  Equip means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for some service, action, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation:
  to equip a vessel, a soldier.

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furnish / ˈfɜːnɪʃ/ verb (transitive)

1. to provide (a house, room, etc) with furniture, carpets, etc
2. to equip with what is necessary; fit out
3. to give; supply: the records furnished the information required

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out

ˈfurnisher noun