refurnish
English
Etymology
Verb
refurnish (third-person singular simple present refurnishes, present participle refurnishing, simple past and past participle refurnished)
- (transitive) To furnish again; to get new furniture for.
- I'm planning to refurnish my flat.
- (transitive) To supply or provide anew.
- The soldiers were refurnished with provisions.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of the Fifthe Braunche Called Circumspection⸝ Shewed in Reprinse”, in The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC, 1st boke, folios 90, recto – 90, verso:
- [Y]et by his moſte excellent witte⸝ he in a few yeres⸝ nat only broughte this realme in good ordre and vnder due obedience⸝ reuiued the lawes⸝ auanced Juſtice⸝ refurniſſhed his dominions⸝ and repayred his manours: […]