Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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).