Furnish /(fûr"nĭsh)/

imp. & p. p. Furnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Furnishing

1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.

   That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.

   Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

   His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense.

1. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.]