furnish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To put furniture into a room or building.

   They furnished the house in a simple, modern style.

2. 2
   verb

   To provide or supply someone with something.

   The witness furnished the police with vital details.

Common collocations

• furnish an apartment Verb + noun

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.

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