Furbished
[fɜ:bɪʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Furbish
Checker: Mandy
Examples
- 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.
Checker: Mandy