1. (v. t.) To surround with additions; to adorn; to embellish.

2. (v. t.) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.

3. (v. t.) To furnish; to supply.

4. (v. t.) To fit with fetters.

5. (v. t.) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.

6. (n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.

7. (n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.

8. (v. t.) Fetters.

9. (n.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.

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