Furnish

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: fur=nish

CIDE DICTIONARY

Furnish, v. t. [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.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished
  unto all good works."  [1913 Webster]
•  To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number."  [1913 Webster]

  "His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense."  [1913 Webster]

Furnish, n. 

 That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.  Greene.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Furnish, v.tr.
1 provide (a house, room, etc.) with all necessary contents, esp. movable furniture.
2 (foll. by with) cause to have possession or use of.
3 provide, afford, yield.

Etymology

OF furnir ult. f. WG

THESAURUS

Furnish

accommodate, accommodate with, accouter, adapt, adjust, afford, apparel, appoint, arm, array, attune, bear, bear fruit, bring forth, capacitate, clothe, condition, contribute, decorate, deliver, dispense, donate, dower, dress, enable, endow, endue, equip, favor with, feed, fill, fill up, find, fit, fit out, fit up, fructify, fruit, fund, gear, give, hand, hand over, heap upon, heel, indulge with, invest, keep, lavish upon, maintain, make available, make provision for, man, mount, munition, outfit, pour on, prepare, present, produce, provide, provide for, provision, put in trim, put in tune, qualify, recruit, replenish, rig, rig out, rig up, shower down upon, staff, stock, stock up, store, subsidize, suit, supply, support, transfer, tune, turn out, turn over, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

Furnish

Provision

VB provide, make provision, make due provision for, lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store, supply, suppeditate, furnish, find, find one in, arm, cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage, beat up for, stock, stock with, make good, replenish, fill, fill up, recruit, feed, have in store, have in reserve, keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand, have to fall back upon, store, provide against a rainy day.

Preparation

VB prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.

Giving

VB deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.