different between furnish vs betag

English

Etymology

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan? (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??n??/
• Hyphenation: fur?nish

Noun

furnish (plural furnishes)

1. Material used to create an engineered product.
   • 2003, Martin E. Rogers, Timothy E. Long, Synthetic Methods in Step-growth Polymers, Wiley-IEEE, page 257

     The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.

Verb

furnish (third-person singular simple present furnishes, present participle furnishing, simple past and past participle furnished)

1. (transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or give (something).
3. (transitive, figuratively) To supply (somebody) with something.

Related terms

• furniture

Translations

Further reading

• furnish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• furnish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “furnish”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Manx

Etymology

From Old French fornais (compare Irish foirnéis, Scottish Gaelic fòirneis), from Latin forn?x.

Noun

furnish m (genitive singular furnish, plural furnishyn)

1. furnace

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 foirnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Etymology

From be- +? tag.

Verb

betag (third-person singular simple present betags, present participle betagging, simple past and past participle betagged)

1. (transitive) To furnish with a tag; deck with tags.

Anagrams

• begat