单词 | furthering |
释义 | furtheringn. Obsolete exc. archaic. The action of further v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] furtheringc1000 advancementc1325 nourishingc1325 speedingc1400 promotion1425 vauncingc1426 furtherancec1440 expedition1445 preferment1454 further1526 profection1533 towardliness1553 maturation1584 comforting1605 forwarding1635 advance1642 promotement1661 forwardness1741 fosterage1816 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank > advancement or promotion of a person furtheringc1000 vancement1303 advancementc1325 promotion?a1425 vauncingc1426 advance1440 furtherancec1440 preference1456 prefermentc1465 forwardness1591 preferency1602 motion1641 promoval1653 c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 208 Sæ smylte gesihð ceapas fyrðrunge ge[tacnað]. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 128 Thou..ever mo of love enditest..in his folkes furtherynges. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 182 Take a newe faith, Which shall be forthringe of thy life. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 174/1 Fortherynge, promocio. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Phil. i. 12 The gretter furtherynge off the gospell. 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 8 They are a great furthering to diuers Ships voiages. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 247 There is eager Furthering of the Husbandries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † furtheringadj. Obsolete. That furthers, aids, or helps; helpful. Of a gale: Favourable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] furthering1418 furtherlya1535 furtherous1597 proficient1614 speedinga1625 promovent1625 furthersome1627 forwarding1691 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [adjective] furthering1418 upraising1601 speedinga1625 furthersome1627 fostering1765 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind) fairlOE likinga1387 menablea1393 goodc1425 merrya1571 furthering1599 foreright1605 following1839 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 38 Y pray hem þat þey be well wyllet and forderyng to here. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxiiv Ye Mayre..was nat quyk or fortherynge in that mater. 1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 102 The winde..blew a furthering gale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1000adj.1418 |
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