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furbish

verb
/ˈfɜːbɪʃ/UK/ˈfɝbɪʃ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Frankish *furbēnbor. Old French forbirbor. Middle English furbisshen English furbish From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).

  1. derived from *furbēn✻ — “to clean, polish”
  2. derived from forbir — “to clean, polish”
  3. inherited from furbisshen

Definitions

  1. To polish or burnish.

  2. To renovate or recondition

    To renovate or recondition; to refurbish.

The neighborhood

Derived

furbisher, furbish up, refurbish

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA