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verb

Advance v. t. (past & past part. advanced; pres. part. advancing)

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."

3.

To raise to a higher rank; to promote. "Ahasueres... advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes."

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."

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."

Synonyms: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.

Advance v. i.

1.

To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.

2.

To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.

3.

To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. "Advanced to a level with ancient peers."

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"Advancing" Quotes from Famous Books

... we? A bed of the hardiest roses set on a hill crest is a folly. Much more likely would they be to thrive wholly on the north side of it. A garden set in a cut between hills that form a natural blowpipe can at best do no more than hold its own, without advancing. ...

— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright

... aroused at the sight. He seized his hat and rushed out to a spot beyond the walls, whence he could command a clear view both up and down the valley. I followed him, and we stood together on the knoll watching the advancing troops. What was our surprise, however, to find, that instead of proceeding along the road over the mountains, the advanced guard began to mount the path leading to the height on which our house stood! At the same instant, happening to turn my head towards the mountain, I saw descending it, ...

— Manco, the Peruvian Chief - An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas • W.H.G. Kingston

... which she was surrounded, lest any one should see her as she looked after her girls. But when the last flutter of the pink muslin had been whisked away from her sight, she felt it hard that she might not follow them. She stood there, however, without advancing a step. She would not have Hopkins telling how she watched her daughters as they went from her own home to that of her brother-in-law. It was not within the capacity of Hopkins to understand ...

— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope

... place Aug. 21, 1891. Nine thousand Congressional troops advancing toward Valparaiso from Quinteros Bay, where they had landed the day previous, were met by Balmaceda's troops on the other side of the river Aconcagua. The Esmeralda and the Magellanes, co-operating from the sea, made fearful havoc among the Balmacedists with their machine guns and shell. After ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various

... indeed be much doubt of the fact, for a heavy shower now seemed advancing, with the sudden rapidity not unusual after very warm weather; the position of the bay, and a wooded bank having concealed its approach until close ...

— Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper

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