disfurnish

[ dis-fur-nish ]

verb (used with object)

1. to deprive of something with which a person or thing is furnished; divest of possessions; strip.

Other Words From

• dis·furnish·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disfurnish¹

1525–35; < Middle French desfourniss-, stem of desfournir, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + fournir to furnish

Example Sentences

"What I have in my power shall be at your service, unless your brother Edward in the meantime disfurnish me," he wrote to Rupert.

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To disfurnish or disconfit means to incommode: “I hope it has not disconfit you very bad.”

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To empty and disfurnish the memory, is not this the true way to ignorance?

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