DISFURNISHED

Etymology

Verb

disfurnished

simple past tense and past participle of disfurnish

Adjective

disfurnished (comparative more disfurnished, superlative most disfurnished)

Deprived of furniture, accoutrements or belongings; stripped, destitute.

This representeth man bare and naked, acknowledging his naturall weaknesse, apt to receive from above some strange power, disfurnished of all humane knowledge […].

Source: Wiktionary


DISFURNISH

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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