Meaning

noun something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration

noun any decoration added as a trimming or adornment

verb take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

originFrom Middle English garnysshen, from Old French garniss-, stem of certain forms of the verb garnir, guarnir, warnir (“to provide, furnish, avert, defend, warn, fortify, garnish”), from a conflation of Old Frankish *warnijan (“to refuse, deny”) and *warnōn (“warn, protect, prepare, beware, guard oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (“to worry, care, heed”) and Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to…

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