Part 194

<blockquote>Greatly <b>advancing</b> his gay chivalry. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.</syn>

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<hw>Ad*vance"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move or go forward; to proceed; <as>as, he <ex>advanced</ex> to greet me</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To increase or make progress in any respect; <as>as, to <ex>advance</ex> in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.</def>

<blockquote><b>Advanced</b> to a level with ancient peers. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ad*vance"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>avance</ets>, fr. <ets>avancer</ets>. See <er>Advance</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; <as>as, an <ex>advance</ex> in health, knowledge, or religion; an <ex>advance</ex> in rank or office.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An addition to the price; rise in price or value; <as>as, an <ex>advance</ex> on the prime cost of goods</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<blockquote> made the like <b>advances</b> to the dissenters. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.</def>

<blockquote>I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary <b>advances</b>. <i>Jay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The account was made up with intent to show what <b>advances</b> had been made. <i>Kent.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>In advance</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In front; before.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Beforehand; before an equivalent is received.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>In the state of having advanced money on account; as, A is <i>advance<i> to B a thousand dollars or pounds.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ad*vance"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for <i>advanced</i>; <as>as, an <ex>advance</ex> guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; <ex>advance</ex> payment, or that made before it is due; <ex>advance</ex> proofs, <ex>advance</ex> sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.</as></def>

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<hw>Ad*vanced"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the van or front.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; <as>as, <ex>advanced</ex> opinions, <ex>advanced</ex> thinkers</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Far on in life or time.</def>

<blockquote>A gentleman <b>advanced</b> in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Advanced guard</col>, <cd>a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ad*vance"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>avancement</ets>, F. <ets>avancement</ets>. See <er>Advance</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; <as>as, the <ex>advancement</ex> of learning</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's <b>advancement</b>. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>