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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Furtherance

/fẽrth'-ẽr-əns/ · Fur·ther·ance · IPA /ˈfɝðɚəns/
01 n. The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.
  1. 1.
    The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.
    “I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furthersnce and joy of faith.” — Phil. i. 25.
    “Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing.” Emerson.