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单词 unfurnish
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unfurnishv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfurnish.
1.
a. transitive. To divest (a place, etc.) of men or other means of defence. Also const. of.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > divest of defensive support
unfurnish1580
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Se Desgarnir de son armée,..to vnfurnish.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxi. xlviii. 253 Renaldo had sixe hundred men and more,..Though at this need his Princes turne to furnish, He soone agreed his owne townes to vnfurnish.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill vii. 225 He desired first to see the issue, before he woulde bee vnfurnished of his forces.
1686 R. Parr Life J. Usher 58 He was now forced to unfurnish this, as well as others, of its Souldiers and Ammunition.
1829 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula II. vi. iii. 157 English troops should, without unfurnishing Lisbon, co-operate for the relief of Oporto.
b. To make clear of; to depopulate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > make less populous [verb (transitive)]
desolate1382
dispeople1490
disinhabit1530
unpeoplea1533
unpeoplea1533
depopulate1595
unfurnish1603
unpopulate1658
unstock1865
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > of people
rimeOE
unstuffa1500
usha1578
unfurnish1603
clear1851
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 292 Evrope is vnfurnished of the Turks, busied in the Caramanian war.
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry i. viii. 50 This Pestilence..hath vtterly vnfurnished whole Countries.
2. To divest of furnishings or furniture; to dismantle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > clear of (something) > dismantle or divest of contents
unrig1562
dismantle1579
unfurnish1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sfornire.., to vnfurnish, to disaray, to deface.
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxiv. 66/2 All their ships are brought into the riuer, and vnfurnished of tacklings.
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 174 When men account them the most religious to God-ward who do or would unfurnish the House of God most.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 108 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors His predecessour makes way for him,..unfurnishes the Palace, and leaves him only the Guards and the bare walls.
1707 London Gaz. No. 4377/1 His Excellency dispatch'd Orders to Rome to forbid his House being unfurnish'd.
1886 P. Fitzgerald in Art Jrnl. 324/1 Among the incidents of a flitting, or of unfurnishing a house.
3.
a. To divest or deprive of something. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
bedealc1000
disturbc1230
bereavec1275
reave?a1300
acquitc1300
benemec1300
deprivec1330
privea1382
subvertc1384
oppressc1395
abridgea1400
to bate of, from1399
lessa1400
nakena1400
dischargea1425
privatec1425
to bring outa1450
abatec1450
sever?1507
spulyie?1507
denude1513
disable1529
distrain1530
destituec1540
destitutec1540
defalk1541
to turn out of ——1545
discomfit1548
wipe1549
nude1551
disannul?a1556
bereft1557
diminish1559
benoom1563
joint1573
uncase1583
rid1585
disarm1590
visitc1592
ease1600
dispatch1604
unfurnisha1616
rig1629
retrench1640
unbecomea1641
disentail1641
cashier1690
twin1722
mulct1748
fordo1764
to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 122 Thy speeches Will bring me to consider that, which may Vnfurnish me of Reason. View more context for this quotation
a1641 T. Mun England's Treasure (1664) 112 To unfurnish the poor Prince of his provision.
a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts v, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. (1704) III. 489/1 This will..unfurnish them of all Materials to fit out Fleets.
b. spec. To divest (a tree) of foliage. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of foliage or fruit > strip of leaves
bladec1440
disfulȝea1525
unleave1589
unleaf1598
defoil1601
disleaf1605
unfurnish1712
defoliate1793
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 47 To raise..the Palisade itself,..would certainly unfurnish it at Foot.
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