| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, give forth |
| Synonyms: | accouch, bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, find, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over |
| Main Entry: | endow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give large gift |
| Synonyms: | accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, come through with, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, endue, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, finance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, lay on, leave, make over, organize, promote, provide, settle on, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, vest in, will |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | ensure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; make secure |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assure, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, effect, establish, guard, insure, lock on, lock up, make certain, make safe, make sure, nail down, okay, protect, provide, put on ice, safeguard, secure, set out, warrant |
| Notes: | insure and ensure mean 'to make certain,' but only insure can mean 'indemnify against loss' |
| Main Entry: | equip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready with supplies |
| Synonyms: | accouter, adorn, appoint, arm, array, attire, deck, deck out, decorate, dress, endow, feather nest, fit out, fix up, furnish, gear, gear up, heel, implement, line nest, man, outfit, prep, prepare, provide, qualify, ready, rig, set up, stake, stock, supply, turn out |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling, station, stick |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | starve |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accoutre, arm, fix, furnish, get, implement, kit out, make, make up, outfit, prepare, provide, ready, rig |
| Main Entry: | fix up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare, beautify |
| Synonyms: | deck, dress up, furnish, gussy up, primp, provide, rehabilitate, repair, smarten, spiff, spruce up |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, deface, defile, uglify |
| Main Entry: | furnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate, supply |
| Synonyms: | accoutre, apparel, appoint, arm, array, clothe, endow, equip, feather a nest, fit, fit out, fix up, gear, line a nest, make habitable, outfit, provide, provision, purvey, rig, stock, store, turn out |
| Antonyms: | leave plain, unfurnish |