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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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