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 Word Forms

• disfurnishment 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

When they were conducted neere to Hastings, and almost ready to be169 embarked, it was signified to them from the King; that aswell for their particular safeties, as not to disfurnish the Realme of strength, whosoeuer would pay 10. shillings towards the waging of Souldiers in Normandie, he might be excused to stay at home.

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Now, Mr. Brock, I don't disfurnish my fambly, let alone my comp'ny, to sell a few aigs!

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O, sir, you are to forward; thou wouldst fain furnish me with a halter, to disfurnish me of my habit.

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Nay, should he meet some outlaw or common robber on the road, he might have said, with his own Valentine— "A man I am, crossed with adversity, My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which, if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have."

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

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