DISFURNISH

Etymology

Verb

disfurnish (third-person singular simple present disfurnishes, present participle disfurnishing, simple past and past participle disfurnished)

(transitive, archaic) To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipment, etc.); to strip or divest.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + furnish.]

Definition: To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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