furbish

From Middle English furbishen, from Old French furbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish furbjan (“to clean, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *furbijaną (“to clean”), from Proto-Indo-European *prep- (“to appear”). Cognate with Old High German furben (“to clean, cleanse, purge, sweep”).

furbish (third-person singular simple present furbishes, present participle furbishing, simple past and past participle furbished)

1. To polish or burnish.
2. To renovate or recondition.

• (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, polish, buff, burnish

• refurbish

• burfish