Now rare. Also 7 farder. [The regular phonetic descendant in standard Eng. of ME. ferþre-n; see FURTHER v.] trans. To help forward, promote, favour, assist (an action, movement, etc., rarely, † a person); = FURTHER v.
a. 1000–1390. [For examples of the forms with fer- (OE. fyr-) see FURTHER v.].
1570. T. North, trans. The Morall Philosophie of Doni (1888), III. 197. That I might the better releeue thee in thy olde age, and also further and aduaunce my poore familie.
1605. Carew, in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden), 100. I praie that yow wilbe pleased to farder the motion.
1651. Hobbes, Govt. & Soc., i. § 2. 6. Though the benefits of this life may be much farthered by mutuall help.
1703. Mrs. Centlivre, Beau’s Duel, I. ii. I love Mischief so well, I can refuse nothing that farthers that.
1846. Ruskin, Mod. Paint., II. III. I. xv. § 9. It has been said … that the sense of beauty never farthered the performance of a single duty.
absol. 1579. L. and T. Digges, Stratioticos, V. 10. This as I thinke is sufficient for Division: more woulde rather discourage than further.
1669. A. Browne, Ars Pictoria, 9. The more the capacity is wanting, the more my Labour will farther, when need requireth.
