disfurnish
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of disfurnish
1525–35; < Middle French desfourniss-, stem of desfournir, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + fournir to furnish
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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 Hackley, Sarah Bell
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
To disfurnish or disconfit means to incommode: “I hope it has not disconfit you very bad.”
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
I am sure I cannot fill a letter, though I should disfurnish my scull to fill it.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
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