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Webster 1913 Edition

Advance

Ad-vance′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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.

Ad-vance′

,
Verb.
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.
Prescott.

Ad-vance′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
avance
, fr.
avancer
. See
Advance
,
Verb.
]
1.
The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
2.
Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially;
as, an
advance
in health, knowledge, or religion; an
advance
in rank or office.
3.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value;
as, an
advance
on the prime cost of goods
.
4.
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.
[He] made the like
advances
to the dissenters.
Swift.
5.
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.
I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary
advances
.
Jay.
The account was made up with intent to show what
advances
had been made.
Kent.
In advance
(a)
In front; before.
(b)
Beforehand; before an equivalent is received.
(c)
In the state of having advanced money on account; as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.

Ad-vance′

,
Adj.
Before in place, or beforehand in time; – used for advanced;
as, an
advance
guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;
advance
payment, or that made before it is due;
advance
proofs,
advance
sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

Webster 1828 Edition

Advance

ADV'ANCE

,
Verb.
T.
adv'ans. [Heb. surface, face; whence.]
1.
To bring forward; to move further in front. Hence,
2.
To promote; to raise to a higher rank; as, to advance one from the bar to the bench.
3.
To improve or make better, which is considered as a progression or moving forward; as, to advance one's true interests.
4.
To forward; to accelerate growth; as, to advance the growth of plants.
5.
To offer or propose; to bring to view or notice; as, to advance an opinion or an argument.
6.
In commerce, to supply beforehand; to furnish on credit, or before goods are delivered, or work done; or to furnish as a part of a stock or fund; as, to advance money on loan or contract, or towards a purchase or establishment.
7.
To furnish for others; to supply or pay for others, in expectation of reimbursement.
They advanced the money out of their own funds, and took the sheriff's deeds in their own name.
8.
To raise; to enhance; as, to advance the price of goods.

ADV'ANCE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To move or go forward; to proceed; as, the troops advanced.
2.
To improve, or make progress; to grow better, greater, wiser or older; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in wisdom, or in years.
3.
To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred, or promoted; as, to advance in political standing.

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