Furbish
['fɜːbɪʃ] or ['fɝbɪʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Burnish, polish.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Brighten, polish, burnish
ANT:Dull, cloud, tarnish
Inputed by Cole
Definition
v.t. to purify or polish: to rub up until bright: to renovate.
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Examples
- She would have Sophie to look over all her toilettes, as she called frocks; to furbish up any that were _passees_, and to air and arrange the new. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then, signior, I lay on you my sovereign behest to furbish up your lungs and other vocal organs, as they will be wanted on my royal service. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- These fine sunny days began to make me ashamed of my winter merino, so I have furbished up a lighter garment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One or two of the old properties were drawn out of the garrets, where they had lain ever since, and furbished up anew for the present festivities. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A spicy boudoir, this, says Mr. Bucket, who feels in a manner furbished up in his French by the blow of the morning. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To look at the matter in this light simplified his own case and surprisingly furbished up all the dim domestic virtues. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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