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furnish

/ˈfɝnɪʃ/

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What does furnish mean?

noun

  1. Material used to create an engineered product.

verb

  1. To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
  2. (figuratively) To supply or give (something).
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. (figuratively) To supply (somebody) with something.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfɝnɪʃ/

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In order to furnish the quotas required of them, they outbid each other till bounties grew to an enormous and insupportable size.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
He was intensely eager to belong somewhere and to be attached to almost any enterprise that would furnish him food and clothing.
Gene Stratton-PorterFrecklesProject Gutenberg ebook #111
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How could these men, who never had the faintest idea of statistics, valuation, or political economy, furnish us with principles of legislation?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Now I wanted nothing but a boat to furnish myself with many things which I foresaw would be very necessary to me.
Daniel DefoeThe Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeProject Gutenberg ebook #521
But both classes, while under treatment, must furnish satisfactory substitutes, at their own expense, to attend to the duties of their office.
Isaac Taylor HeadlandCourt Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and PeopleProject Gutenberg ebook #523