furthered

Verb

further (third-person singular simple present furthers, present participle furthering, simple past and past participle furthered)

1. (transitive) To help forward; to assist.
   • In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne
     Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor,
     In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen
     To further euerie action to the beſt.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

   Antonyms:

   hinder

2. (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
   • Further the economy.

See all 9 meanings of further