Part 815

<h1>Aviseful</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*vise"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Watchful; circumspect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>With sharp, <b>aviseful</b> eye. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Avisely</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*vise"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Advisedly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Avisement</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*vise"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Advisement; observation; deliberation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Avision</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*vi"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Vision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aviso</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*vi"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Information; advice.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An advice boat, or dispatch boat.</def>

<h1>Avocado</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av`o*ca"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from the Mexican <ets>ahuacatl</ets>: cf. Sp. <ets>aguacate</ets>, F. <ets>aguacat\'82</ets>, <ets>avocat</ets>, G. <ets>avogado</ets>baum.]</ety> <def>The pulpy fruit of <spn>Persea gratissima</spn>, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also <altname>avocado pear</altname>, <altname>alligator pear</altname>, <altname>midshipman's butter</altname>.</def>

<h1>Avocat</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av`o*cat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An advocate.</def>

<h1>Avocate</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av"o*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>avocatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>avocare</ets>; <ets>a</ets>, <ets>ab + vocare</ets> to call. Cf. <er>Avoke</er>, and see <er>Vocal</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>One who <b>avocateth</b> his mind from other occupations. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He, at last, . . . <b>avocated</b> the cause to Rome. <i>Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Avocation</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av`o*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>avocatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A calling away; a diversion.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Impulses to duty, and powerful <b>avocations</b> from sin. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.</def>

<blockquote>Heaven is his vocation, and therefore he counts earthly employments <b>avocations</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By the secular cares and <b>avocations</b> which accompany marriage the clergy have been furnished with skill in common life. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>