Definition of Disfurnish

1. v. t. To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.

Definition of Disfurnish

1. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipment, etc.); to strip or divest. ¹

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Definition of Disfurnish

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfurnish

disformed
disformities
disformity
disforms
disfranchise
disfranchised
disfranchises
disfranchising
disfrock
disfrocked
disfrocking
disfrocks
disfunction
disfunctions
disfurnish (current term)
disfurnished
disfurnishes
disfurnishing
disfurnishment
disfurnishments
disfurniture
disfurnitured
disfurnitures
disfurnituring
disgage
disgaged
disgages
disgaging
disgarland

Literary usage of Disfurnish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Survey of Staffordshire: Containing the Antiquities of that County by Sampson Erdeswicke, Thomas Harwood (1820)
"... that, being now a member of the duchy of Lancaster, it were a great inconvenience to disfurnish the said duchy of it ; yet let it be considered again, ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"... deprive of chartered rights or the privileges of a citizen. disfurnish ... va disfurnish. Disgorge, va 1. Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up. 3. ..."

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