— furnisher , n.
/ferr"nish/ , v.t.
1. to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
2. to provide or supply (often fol. by with ): The delay furnished me with the time I needed.
n.
3. paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.
[ 1400-50; late ME furnisshen furniss-, long s. of furnir to accomplish, furnish frumjan to provide ]
Syn. 1, 2. rig, outfit, deck out. FURNISH, APPOINT, EQUIP all refer to providing something necessary. FURNISH emphasizes the idea of providing necessary or customary services or appliances in living quarters: to furnish board; a room meagerly furnished with a bed, desk, and a wooden chair. APPOINT (now found only in WELL-APPOINTED) means to furnish completely with all requisites or accessories or in an elegant style: a well-appointed house. EQUIP means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for some service, action, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation: to equip a vessel, a soldier.