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further

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Further , also known as Furthur , is a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his " Merry Band of Pranksters " cross-country, filming their counterculture adventures as they went. Due to the chaos of the trip ...

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Old English furðor , forðor "to a more advanced position, forward, onward, beyond, more distant; farther away; later, afterward; to a greater degree or extent, in addition; moreover," etymologically representing either "forth-er" or "fore-ther." The former ...

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Further \Fur"ther\, adv. [A comparative of forth; OE. further, forther, AS. fur?or, far?ur; akin to G. f["u]rder. See Forth , adv.] To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther . Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. ...

Usage examples of further.

We went abovestairs to tidy up for luncheon, and make further plans to delude him.

Lest, however, he might again fall into the hands of the raider, he discouraged Abdul Mourak in the further prosecution of his pursuit, assuring the Abyssinian that Achmet Zek commanded a large and dangerous force, and also that he was marching rapidly toward the south.

Further, leavened or unleavened are mere accidents of bread, which do not vary the species.

Further, the accidents after the consecration of this sacrament do not obtain any composition.

His aggressive appearance was further enhanced by a trait common among achondroplastic dwarfs: because their tubular bones are shortened, their muscle mass is concentrated, creating an impression of considerable strength.

In truth, she could be as stubborn as the barbarian slaves, and rather than try her further, the Acoma Strike Leader called off the warrior who held the redhead down.

As time passed and his French improved, Adams further realized that Franklin spoke the language poorly and understood considerably less than he let on.

Further, he was considerably more disapproving of the outspokenness and apparent promiscuity of French women than ever Adams had been.

With some understandable resentment perhaps, Sewall concluded that Adams had gone as far as his ambition would take him, and further that he was ill suited for his present role.

Further, in what he had written to Madison, and in what he had said in his note to the printer, Jefferson had tagged Adams with being both mentally unsound and a monarchist, the two charges most commonly and unjustly made against him for the rest of his life.

To further reduce expenses, Adams had given up the small house in Philadelphia and taken a room with the secretary of the Senate, Samuel Otis, and his wife, who did not normally accommodate boarders but felt the Vice President of the United States should have something better than the usual lodging house.

Yet with Adams he remained on speaking terms--in part because he knew Adams to be too independent ever to be in league with Hamilton, and because he sincerely wished for no further rupture in their friendship.

To make matters worse, Adams learned of further French seizures of American ships in the Caribbean and that by decrees issued in Paris, the Directory had, in effect, launched an undeclared war on American shipping everywhere.

Further, he made no secret of his belief that Adams was leading the nation straight to war.

Further, unlike all the others advising Adams, he had met with the French and strongly advocated caution and moderation.