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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furnished
adj
  1. provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox"
    Synonym(s): furnished, equipped
    Antonym(s): unfurnished
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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