FURBISH, FURBISHED
ADJECTIVES
► VAMPED-UP mended or repaired with or as with patches; patched or furbished up; made up or composed of old materials and produced as new → 1729
VERBS
► BISHOP to trim or furbish up any article so as to make it look better than it really is → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VAMP ► VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore → 1599
► VARNISH to embellish or adorn; to improve, furbish up → 1400
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