Meanings
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1
verb
to furnish a room, building, or other place again, especially with new or different furniture
They refurnished the bedroom with an old mahogany bed and matching chairs.
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2
verb
to supply or provide someone or something with necessary items again
The quartermaster refurnished the expedition with blankets and provisions.
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Etymology
Formed from re-, 'again,' + furnish. Furnish entered English through Old French furnir, 'provide or complete,' so refurnish can mean either provide furniture again or resupply more generally.