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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer,
fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before.
The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be
fr. L. ad. See {Avaunt}.]
1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to
make to go on.
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2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]
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They . . . advanced their eyelids. --Shak.
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3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
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Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above
all the princes. --Esther iii.
1.
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4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to
forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance
the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
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5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show;
as, to advance an argument.
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Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope.
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6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
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7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes
due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as,
a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods
consigned to him.
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8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate;
as, to advance the price of goods.
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9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]
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Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. --Spenser.
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Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;
accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
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