new-furnish

English

Etymology

From new- +‎ furnish.

Verb

new-furnish (third-person singular simple present new-furnishes, present participle new-furnishing, simple past and past participle new-furnished)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To furnish anew; refurnish.
    • 1733, Henry Fielding, The Miser:
      I am an upholsterer, sir, and am come to new-furnish your house.
    • 1802, The Lady's Monthly Museum:
      I proposed to lay out in jewels, and I can't persuade her to let me entirely new-furnish my house.
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