SINCE 1828
furnish out
transitive verbDefinition of furnish out
1
: to provide a supply of (what is needed) : complete
from among the impoverished citizens he furnished out masses of colonists to repair the decay of ancient cities— J. A. Froude
2
: to provide material for : supply
the assorted sins and failings which furnish out so many of the pages in … biographies— F. L. Mott
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