refurnish

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verb

To furnish again; to get new furniture for.

“I'm planning to refurnish my flat.”

OriginEnglish furnish ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrefurnish (third-person singular simple present refurnishes, present participle refurnishing, simple past and past participle refurnished)

present singular third person refurnishes · participle present refurnishing · participle past refurnished · past refurnished

  1. transitiveTo furnish again; to get new furniture for.

    I'm planning to refurnish my flat.

  2. transitiveTo supply or provide anew.

    The soldiers were refurnished with provisions.

    1 more example

    [Y]et by his moſte excellent witte⸝ he in a few yeres⸝ nat only broughte this realme in good ordre and vnder due obedience⸝ reuiued the lawes⸝ auanced Juſtice⸝ refurniſſhed his dominions⸝ and repayred his manours: […]

    1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of the Fifthe Braunche Called Circumspection⸝ Shewed in Reprinse”, in The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC, 1st boke, folios 90, recto – 90, verso

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishfurnish
  7. Englishrefurnish

From re- + furnish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

furnisher
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APA

refurnish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refurnish

MLA

“refurnish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refurnish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refurnish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refurnish.

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