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- adjective Obsolete form of
furbished . - verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
furbish .
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Examples
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_ This Apartment (new furbisht and fitted out for the young Wife) he (out of Freedom) makes his Dressing-room; and being a frugal and a jealous Coxcomb, instead of a Valet to uncase his feeble Carcase, he desires you to do that Office -- Signs of Favour, I'll assure you, and such as you must not hope for, unless your Woman be out of the way.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Aphra Behn 1664
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"The _Illusions_ of _Poetry_ are fatal to none but the _Poets_ themselves: _Sidonius_ having lately miscarried upon the Stage, gathers fresh Courage and is now big with the Hopes of a Play, writ by an ancient celebrated Author, new-vampt and furbisht up after the laudable
The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country John Gay 1708
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This Apartment (new furbisht and fitted out for the young
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