Hypertext Webster Gateway: "furthering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Further \Fur"ther"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furthered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Furthering}.] [OE. furthren, forthren, AS.
fyr[eth]ran, fyr[eth]rian. See {Further}, adv.]
To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help
or assist.
This binds thee, then, to further my design. --Dryden.
I should nothing further the weal public. --Robynsom
(More's
Utopia).
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