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Disfurnish

Disfurnish \Dis*fur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.

I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher.
--Massinger.

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disfurnish

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

Usage examples of "disfurnish".

It is a well-known story of King John, that he confined a wealthy Jew in one of the royal castles, and daily caused one of his teeth to be torn out, until, when the jaw of the unhappy Israelite was half disfurnished, he consented to pay a large sum, which it was the tyrant's object to extort from him.