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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] They . . . advanced their eyelids. --Shak. 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres . . . advanced him and set his seat above all the princes. --Esther iii. 1. 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. 5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show as to advance an argument. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own --Pope. 6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten. 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 8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as to advance the price of goods. 9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.] Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. --Spenser. Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: advancing adj 1: moving ahead or toward the front; "advancing armies" [ant: {retreating}] 2: moving forward [syn: {forward}, {forward-moving}] 3: that are flowing inward; "the rising tide destroyed their sand castle" [syn: {rising}]
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