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Furbish

//ˈfɝbɪʃ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To polish or burnish.
  2. 2
    polish and make shiny wordnet
  3. 3
    To renovate or recondition; to refurbish.

    "I do not indeed suppose that anyone can at this time of day effect that which the sense of all good men failed to effect while he lived--I mean the final killing of those rumours; nor is a plain tale likely to persuade those, with whom idle reports, constantly furbished up, of letters seen in France, weigh more than a consistent life."

Etymology

Etymology tree Frankish *furbēnbor. Old French forbirbor. Middle English furbisshen English furbish From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).

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