furbish
verb (used with object)
to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up).
furbishing
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present participleof furbish.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Their invitation Dr. Fosdick expressed in a great exordium: The great east window of Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church has long needed proper furbishing in stained glass.
From Time Magazine Archive
After furnishing and furbishing his embassy residence to the tune of $1,000,000, the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along with the doves, there was a great program for furbishing up the state buildings, the Russian embassy, the swank Bristol hotel; scaffolds lined the buildings on Unter den Linden.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are furbishing the stands Of arms; and we have got some guns to bear, And scaled them.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
And this mighty furbishing up of pewter reminds me that justice requires me to do a stroke of the same work.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
