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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O, sir, you are to forward; thou wouldst fain furnish me with a halter, to disfurnish me of my habit.
From The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
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 William Shakespeare
But I shall disfurnish you, Sir Amorous, can you spare it?
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by J. J. Jusserand
Now, Mr. Brock, I don't disfurnish my fambly, let alone my comp'ny, to sell a few aigs!
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
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 Charles Lamb
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