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refurbish

The origin and history of refurbish.

Etymology

Dating from 1605, this is formed from re- and furbish, which comes from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, "to clean, polish"), from Frankish *furbēn ("to clean, polish").

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