disfurnish

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ furnish.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, archaic) To strip of furniture, equipment, etc.
   • 1629, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Picture:

     I am a thing obscure, disfurnish'd of
     All merit, that can raise me higher.

Derived terms

• disfurnishing
• disfurnishment
• disfurniture

 

References

• “disfurnish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.