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.-to offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.-that which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.