refurbish

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/ UK /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/ See IPA manual

Freq #67740

Meanings

1

verb
To repair and improve something so it looks or works like new again.

They spent the summer refurbishing the old farmhouse.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to repair and improve... renovate repair

Word family

Forms refurbishedrefurbishesrefurbishing

Etymology

1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).

furbishen Middle English forbir Middle French *furbēn frk

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# refurbish

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 67740

## Meanings
1. To repair and improve something so it looks or works like new again.

## Examples
- They spent the summer refurbishing the old farmhouse.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: furbishen
- Root: forbir
- Root: *furbēn

## Etymology
1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).

## AI Etymology
Refurbish is first recorded in 1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it means to repair and improve something so it looks or works like new again.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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