furthers

verbadvance, lend support

Synonyms for furthers

verb advance, lend support

Antonyms for furthers

Word Origin & History

Old English furðor (adv.), furðra (adj.), etymologically representing either "forth-er" or "fore-ther." The former would be from furðum (see forth) + comparative suffix *-eron-, *-uron- (cf. inner, outer).

Alternative etymology traces it to Proto-Germanic *furþeron-, from PIE *pr-tero, (cf. Greek proteros "former"), from root of fore + comparative suffix also found in after, other. Senses of "in addition, to a greater extent" are later metaphoric developments.

Example Sentences for furthers

The morn, look you, furthers a man on his road, and furthers him too in his work.

Reality in the logical sense is that which furthers the development of the self.

Our interests are identical, what furthers yours furthers mine.

And by all these means he furthers the interests of the first beast.

By not interfering with, we know how much it furthers, the administration of Justice.

Now, ethics "includes all conduct which furthers or hinders, in either direct or indirect ways, the welfare of self or others."

A warmth that is agreeable in degree favors the heart's action, and furthers the various functions to which this is instrumental.

It induces hopefulness and furthers the possibility of future development.

It adds nothing to the context, and rather interrupts than furthers the matter.

The Master said, To further what furthers the people, is not that kindness without waste?