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disfurnish

disfurnish verb: to strip of furniture, equipment, etc.

Verb

disfurnish (third-person singular simple present disfurnishes, present participle disfurnishing, simple past and past participle disfurnished)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To strip of furniture, equipment, etc.
    • I am a thing obscure, disfurnish'd of
      All merit, that can raise me higher.1629, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Picture

Forms of disfurnish

third-person singular presentdisfurnishes
present participledisfurnishing
past participledisfurnished
pastdisfurnished

Origin of disfurnish

From dis- + furnish.

Words formed from disfurnish

Questions about disfurnish

What does disfurnish mean?
Disfurnish means to strip of furniture, equipment, etc.
What part of speech is disfurnish?
Disfurnish is a verb.
What is the past tense of disfurnish?
The past tense of disfurnish is disfurnished.

Words near disfurnish in the dictionary

  1. disfrocking
  2. disfrocks
  3. disfunction
  4. disfunctional
  5. disfunctions
  6. disfurnish
  7. disfurnished
  8. disfurnishes
  9. disfurnishing
  10. disfurnishment
  11. disfurniture

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