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.
Fur"nish, n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
[Obs.] Greene.
Fur"nish*er (?), n. One who supplies or fits out.
Fur"nish*ment (?), n. The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture;
also, furniture. [Obs.] Daniel.
Fur"ni*ture (?), n. [F. fourniture. See Furnish, v. t.] 1. That with
which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
The form and all the furniture of the earth.
Tillotson.
The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds.