单词 | refurnish |
释义 | refurnishv. transitive. To furnish again or for a second time (in various senses of furnish v.). In later use esp.: to provide (a building, room, etc.) with new furnishings (cf. furnish v. 7); also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with inhabitants again repeople1481 refurnish1531 repopulate1588 retenant1800 society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > garrison > regarrison refurnish1531 regarrison1657 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > stock (a place, etc.) with something > re-stock restorea1375 refresha1398 refurnish1531 replete1614 recruita1661 restocka1680 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > furnish (a house or room) [verb (transitive)] > again new-furnish1713 refurnish1829 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxiv. sig. Miv [Henry VII] refurnisshed his dominions, and repayred his manours. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 109 If any men..be hurt or slaine,..how are these rankes to be refurnished. 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality vii. 44 That the People of the whole Nation do increase, and consequently the decrease of Winchester, Lincoln, and other like places, must be attributed to other Reasons, then that of refurnishing London onely. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 187 The Brutes and Birds..might easily refurnish the same Continent after the subsiding of the Flood. 1751 Affecting Narr. Unfortunate Voy. 115 So many on board her died, that there was a Necessity of refurnishing her a second Time, at Sea. 1761 C. Hervey Let. 16 Feb. in Lett. from Portugal, Spain, Italy & Germany (1785) III. ii. 17 The soldiers that had lost their arms, horses, and cloaths, were refurnished with all of them. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned II. i. 8 You will refurnish the house, I suppose? 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. xlviii The Reformed church of England was never adapted to overthrow, however it might modify and refurnish, the fabric of superstition. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxix. 242 As to refurnishing the old house, and all that, I'll do anything that Miss Palliser may please. 1936 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 36 321/2 To assist the diabetic patient in rearranging his life..and to refurnish him with the will to continue his life as normally as possible, is part of this teaching duty. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 29/2 We know perfectly well that practically no one throws out the entire contents of his house..and starts from scratch to redecorate and refurnish. 1993 Times 29 Apr. 21/6 Sir Ninian Comper..refurnished it with parclose screens and a west gallery. Derivatives reˈfurnished adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > furnished > again new-furnished1641 refurnished1835 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. iv. i. 88 The redecorated, refurnished, and smiling shops. 1912 R. Hessler Dusty Air & Ill Health vi. 238 The refurnished parlor was in such marked contrast with the other rooms that in time the house was completely refurnished. 1992 Steam Railway News (BNC) 6 The refurnished signal box stands in a small area of land. reˈfurnishing n. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 447 The magistrates and officers of Venice to giue order for their continuall refurnishing. 1712 M. Henry Serm. Funeral S. Lawrence 40 The Rebuilding and Refurnishing of it was a great Expence to him. 1841 C. M. Sedgwick Lett. from Abroad II. 55 She first took us to her town-house, which has recently undergone a remodelling and refurnishing. 1976 Musical Times 117 852/1 A refurnishing of the church was taking place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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