furnish Copy link Outline I. To supply1. praebeo, 2 (to afford2. mĭnistro, 1 (as a servant or waiter)3. suppĕdĭto, 1 (to f. in sufficient quantity)4. suggĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (strictly to send up, as the earth does its products), Ov. Met. 15, 815. suffĭcio, 36. commŏdo, 1 (to f. out of kindness, oblige any one with)II. To fit out1. orno, 1 (with acc. of direct object, and abl. of that with which)2. instruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to fit out, equip • furnish: I. To supply: 1. praebeo, 2 (to afford: with dat. of person and acc. of thing): to f. him with bread, ei panem pr., Nep. Them. 10: to f. fuel and salt, ligna salemque pr., Hor. S. 1, 5, 46: to f. any one with a reason for breaking off a truce, tollendi indutias causam alicui pr., Liv.: to f. grounds for ill-will, invidiae materiam pr., Cic. Ph. 11, 9, 21. 2. mĭnistro, 1 (as a servant or waiter): v. to supply. 3. suppĕdĭto, 1 (to f. in sufficient quantity): to f. food (in abundance), cibos s., Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 67: to f. the orator with a fund of material, oratoribus copiam dicendi s., Cic. Top. 18, 67. 4. suggĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (strictly to send up, as the earth does its products), Ov. Met. 15, 81: hence, in gen. to furnish to hand what one is looking for: to f. subject for accusations, materiam criminibus s., Liv. 3, 11: the city itself f.'d every appliance (of war), urbs omnium rerum apparatus suggerebat, Hirt. B. Alex. 3. 5. suffĭcio, 3: v. to afford. (I, 2). 6. commŏdo, 1 (to f. out of kindness, oblige any one with): to f. an enemy with water, aquam hosti c., Pl.: to f. any one with money, alicui aurum c., Cic. Coel. 13, 32: v. to lend. II. To fit out: 1. orno, 1 (with acc. of direct object, and abl. of that with which): he f.s the decemvirs with apparitors, scribes ... mules, tents, etc., (decemviros) ornat apparitoribus, scribis, mulis, tabernaculis, Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32: also absol., to f. out a banquet, or. [et apparare] convivium, Cic. Verr. 4, 20, 45: see also to equip. Simly. the comps. (1). exorno, 1 (like preced.): to f. out a banquet with elegance, convivium scite ex., Sall. Jug. 85, med. a thoroughly f.'d house, domus exornata atque instructa [opp. to nuda atque inanis], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, 84. (2). ădorno, 1 (less freq., but like preced.): to f. the seas with fleets and escorts, maria classibus et praesidiis ad., Cic. Manil. 12, 35: Liv: to adorn. (3). sŭborno, 1 (esp. to supply with in a secret, underhand way): to f. a person with money, aliquem pecunia s., Ant. in Cic. Ph. 13, 16, 32. Fig.. how f'd by Nature (for life), quemadmodum subornatus a Natura, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, fin.: f.'d with instruction, praeceptis subornatus, Sen. 2. instruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to fit out, equip: with acc. and abl.): to f. out a banquet with every luxury, convivium omnibus rebus i., Cic. Verr. 4, 27, 62: often absol., to f. a house, domum i., ib. 4, 5, 9. Fig.: f.'d with every kind of liberal accomplishment, omnibus ingenuis artibus instructus, Cic. (N.B.--orno, exorno, adorno, are often used of ornamental furnishing instruo is simply to fit out or furnish: cf. supr.)