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furbishes

furbishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of furbish.

Meaning of furbish

Verb

furbish (third-person singular simple present furbishes, present participle furbishing, simple past and past participle furbished)

  1. To polish or burnish.
    Synonyms:
    wax, shine, polish, buff, burnish
  2. To renovate or recondition; to refurbish.
    • I do not indeed suppose that anyone can at this time of day effect that which the sense of all good men failed to effect while he lived--I mean the final killing of those rumours; nor is a plain tale likely to persuade those, with whom idle reports, constantly furbished up, of letters seen in...1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter I, in Shrewsbury

Questions about furbishes

What is furbishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Furbishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of furbish.

Words near furbishes in the dictionary

  1. furbish
  2. furbish up
  3. furbished
  4. furbisher
  5. furbishers
  6. furbishes
  7. furbishing
  8. furbishings
  9. furbisht
  10. furbucillin
  11. furburger

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