Definition of Furthering

1. Verb. (present participle of further) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furthering

1. further [v] - See also: further

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furthering

fursuiter
fursuiters
fursuiting
fursuits
fursultiamin
furth
further(a)
further education
furtherance
furtherances
furthered
furtherer
furtherers
furtherest
furthering (current term)
furthermore
furthermost
furthers
furthersome
furtive
furtively
furtiveness
furtivenesses
furuncle
furuncles
furuncular
furunculoid
furunculoses

Literary usage of Furthering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening (1844)
"(i) Bubble Act. Indenture void at common law, being made for furthering a scheme injurious to the public. Another plea. II. ILLEGALITY. ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In furthering the enterprise through all its stages be derived assistance from Evelyn (Diary, ii. ..."

3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Railways an instrument for furthering the geographical division of labor. Corollary from this that they are not to the public interest unless they pay, ..."

4. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... and Law — Religion— Action of the Science of Culture, as a means of furthering progress and removing hindrance, effective in the course of Civilization. ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"But instead of furthering, it would tend to defeat the object in view, which was the relief of creditors, ..."

6. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"... interest on shareholders' capital, made available for furthering the cause of temperance by establishing counter-attractions to the temptation to drink. ..."

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