disfurnish
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of disfurnish
1525–35; < Middle French desfourniss-, stem of desfournir, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + fournir to furnish
Example Sentences
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To disfurnish or disconfit means to incommode: “I hope it has not disconfit you very bad.”
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
Dear B.B.,—I am sure I cannot fill a letter, though I should disfurnish my skull to fill it; but you expect something, and shall have a notelet.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles
What a wicked Beast was I to disfurnish my self against such a good time, when I might ha shewn my selfe Honourable?
From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William
But I shall disfurnish you, Sir Amorous, can you spare it?
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
EPI: But I shall disfurnish you, sir Amorous: can you spare it?
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben
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