garnish

ˈɡɑɹnɪʃ

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#1·3h ago

(archaic) To furnish; to supply.

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#2·3h ago

To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

1710, Joseph Addison, The Tatler, No. 163, 25 April, 1710, Glasgow: Robert Urie, 1754, p.165,[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004786805.0001.000]

Origin: From , from , stem of certain forms of the verb garnir, guarnir, warnir, from a conflation of Old and warn, protect, prepare, beware, guard oneself, from and ; both from . Cognate with and warnian. More at warn. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·3h ago

(cooking) To ornament with something placed around it.

: as that admirable writer has the best and worst verses of any among our English poets, Ned Softly has got all the bad ones without book, which he repeats upon occasion, to shew his reading, and garnish his conversation.

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