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furthermore, adv.|ˈfɜːðəmɔə(r)|
See also farthermore.
[f. further adv. + more adv.]
†1. To a more advanced point of progress, still further; = further adv. 1 a. Occas. with omission of go. Obs.
c1200Ormin 7338 Þe sterrne comm riht till þatt hus & flæh itt ta na forrþerr mar. a1300Cursor M. 6543 Þar-wit forþer-mar he yede. 1375Barbour Bruce vii. 8 [Bruce] said he mycht no forthirmar. 14..Tundale's Vis. 991 Com furder more and folow me. c1425Craft Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 8 Do away þe cifer & þat 1. & sette þere 8. þan go forthermore. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 4401 Father, or we passe forther more, Quhen did begyn thare temporall glore?
†2. To a greater extent, more; = further adv. 2.
a1300Cursor M. 27958 Forthermar o þis lecheri agh i þe noght to specifie. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2892 Now wille I rede forthermare, And shew yhow of sum paynes þat er þare. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 7247 Ȝit forthir mare of þe same.
3. Besides, also, moreover; = further adv. 3.
c1275XI Pains of Hell 67 in O.E. Misc. 149 A hwel of stele is furþer mo. 1411Rolls of Parlt. III. 650/2 Further⁓more, the forsaid Lord the Roos..schall forgevyn the forsaid Robert. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 400 b/1 Yet he sayd furthermore who so compleyneth is no monke. 1555Spurge in Strype Eccl. Mem. III. App. xl. 110 Furthermore..we humbly beseech thee. 1614Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. §3 Furthermore..the leaues, body, and boughes, of this Tree..exceede all other Plants. 1730Bolingbroke in Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 109 And furthermore, I think myself in honour bound to acknowledge, that [etc.]. 1820Keats Isabella lviii, And, furthermore her brethren wonder'd much Why she sat drooping. 1871Smiles Charac. ii. (1876) 55 Furthermore, to direct the power of the home aright, women..need [etc.].
†4. Of time: Henceforth, subsequently. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 28677 Þis man sais..þat him reuys his sinnes sare, and will for-bere þam forþire mare. c1430Two Cookery-bks. i. 29 Rede Rose—Take þe same, saue a-lye it with þe ȝolkys of eyroun & forþer-more as vyolet. |