Furbish Definition
fûrbĭsh
furbishes
verb
furbishes
To brighten by rubbing or scouring; polish; burnish.
Webster's New World
To make usable or attractive again; refurbish.
Webster's New World
To renovate or recondition.
Wiktionary
Origin of Furbish
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From Middle English furbishen, from Old French furbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish furbjan (“to clean, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *furbijaną (“to clean”), from Proto-Indo-European *prep- (“to appear”). Cognate with Old High German furben (“to clean, cleanse, purge, sweep”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English furbishen from Old French fourbir fourbiss- from Frankish furbjan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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