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unˈfurnish, v.
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. To divest (a place, etc.) of men or other means of defence. Also const. of.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Se Desgarnir de son armée,..to vnfurnish. 1591Harington Orl. Fur. xxxi. xlix, Renaldo had six hundred men and more,..Though at this need his Princes turn to furnish, He soon agreed his own towns to unfurnish. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio vii. 225 He desired first to see the issue, before he woulde bee vnfurnished of his forces. 1686Parr Life Usher 58 He was now forced to unfurnish this, as well as others, of its Souldiers and Ammunition. 1829Sir W. Napier Penins. War vi. iii. II. 157 English troops should, without unfurnishing Lisbon, co-operate for the relief of Oporto.
†b. To make clear of; to depopulate. Obs.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 292 Europe is unfurnished of the Turks, busied in the Caramanian warre. 1614Markham Cheap Husb. i. viii. 50 This Pestilence..hath vtterly vnfurnished whole Countries.
2. To divest of furnishings or furniture; to dismantle.
1598Florio, Sfornire.., to vnfurnish, to disaray, to deface. 1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten 66/2 All their ships are brought into the riuer, and vnfurnished of tacklings. a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 174 When men account them the most religious to God-ward who do or would unfurnish the House of God most. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 108 His predecessour makes way for him,..unfurnishes the Palace, and leaves him only the Guards and the bare walls. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4377/1 His Excellency dispatch'd Orders to Rome to forbid his House being unfurnish'd. 1886P. Fitzgerald in Art Jrnl. 324/1 Among the incidents of a flitting, or of unfurnishing a house.
†3. To divest or deprive of something. Obs.
1611Shakes. Wint. T. v. i. 123 Thy speeches Will bring me to consider that, which may Vnfurnish me of Reason. a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts v. (1703) 489/1 This will..unfurnish them of all Materials to fit out Fleets. 1664T. Mun Eng. Treas. 112 To unfurnish the poor Prince of his provision.
†b. spec. To divest (a tree) of foliage. Obs.—1
1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 47 To raise..the Palisade itself,..would certainly unfurnish it at Foot. |