Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Furnish \Fur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furnished}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Furnishing}.] [OF. furnir, fornir, to furnish,
   finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to
   accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to further, execute,
   do, akin to E. frame. See {Frame}, v. t., and {-ish}.]
   1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate;
      to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as,
      to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with
      arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind
      with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles;
      to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.

            That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
            furnished unto all good works.        --2 Tim. iii.
                                                  17,

   2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give
      (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry:
      to furnish arms for defense.

            Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering
            unto that number.                     --Is. lxv. 11.

            His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs
            that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay.