well-furnishedadj.

?c1452 in Paston Lett. (1904) I. 106 Forteresses which were wel furnysshed to have resisted youre enemyes.

1474 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 475 He..leffte a greet garnyson theere weell fornysshyd in vytayll.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lix^v On the fartherside of the riuer wer lodged therles of Warren and Huntyngdon..with a well furnished company of warlik souldiors.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique Epist. A ij Some other not so well-furnished as your Lordeshypp is.

1566 W. Painter (title) The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, adorned and well furnished, with Pleasaunt Histories and excellent Nouelles.

1618 T. Gainsford True Hist. P. Warbeck 45 The Kings Foreward being full of companie and well furnished.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 145 in Poems Lo! they 'arriv'ed now at th' appointed place; Well-chosen and well furnisht for the Chase.

1687 London Gaz. No. 2240/4 A thick well furnished grey Gelding, full aged.

1710 W. Congreve Doris in Wks. III. 992 Her sparkling Eyes she still retains, And Teeth in good Repair; And her well-furnish'd Front disdains To grace with borrow'd Hair.

1766 T. Percy Let. 22 Oct. in Percy Lett. (1946) II. 113 Your well-furnished Memory.

1797 Scots Mag. Feb. 93/2 The coquette is particularly fond of the female dress. Place one of them in a well-furnished wardrobe, and it will adorn itself in the most whimsical and outrè manner.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xv. 13 In the broad old-fashioned window-seat of a roomy chamber, Mr. Chester lounged, very much at his ease, over a well-furnished breakfast-table.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxix. 16 A year's campaign..would enable them to return with a well-furnished purse.

1918 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Sacred Beetle & Others xii. 314 They bequeath to the grub an eminently well-furnished larder.

1984 D. V. Steere Quaker Spirituality 33 A well-furnished mind or a well-trained intellect might distort the account that the one ministering would give of the message of the inward Guide.

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 223^v All the kynges vesselles were of golde, and his house well furnysshed.

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 305 I would haue a faire, quiet, and well furnished chamber, which is shut with locke, and key, and another neere hand for my man.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 18 in Poems Well-furnisht Chambers, for in each there stood, A narrow Couch, Table and Chair of wood.

1728 T. Sheridan tr. Persius Satyrs iii. 41 But you will be apt to think that you have a competent Estate, and a well furnished House, what need you to employ your Hours in Study.

a1794 E. Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 33 My apartment consisted of three elegant and well-furnished rooms.

1829 Honeycomb & Bitter Gourd in A. Cunningham Anniversary 122 He has..a fair estate,..a well furnished house, [etc.].

1885 Overland Monthly Apr. 494/1 I visited the library and reading room—comfortable, well-furnished apartments, with plenty of good reading material.

1947 B. Landheer Netherlands in Changing World 120 The patricians of wealth who looked down from their well-furnished houses on the rest of the population.

1989 A. Aird 1990 Good Pub Guide 110/2 Big, well-furnished village pub with Lees Bitter and winter Moonraker, lots of friendly regulars.

2002 P. Long Guide to Rural Wales v. 176 The hotel has six well-furnished bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.

1662 H. More Conjectura Cabbalistica (new ed.) 118 in Coll. Several Philos. Writings (ed. 2) In respect of the fulness and well-furnishedness of the Earth.