“furnish” – English explanatory dictionary

verb 1. to put furniture into a house, office, etc. ○ His house is furnished with antiques. 2. to provide ○ He furnished the police with a complete list of addresses. ○ The town council furnished details of the improvement plan.

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.

n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] Greene.