Definition of advance

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Advance (v. t.) 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..

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Bossage :: Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings..
Advancive :: Advancive (a.) Tending to advance.
Progress :: Progress (v. i.) To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing..
Step :: Step (v. i.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To raise; to elevate.
Provision :: Provision (n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance..
Center :: Center (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left..
For :: For (conj.) Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before..
Outslide :: Outslide (v. i.) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding..
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..
Outstrip :: Outstrip (v. t.) To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.
Future :: Future (a.) The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him..
Lead :: Lead (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second..
Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.
Degree :: Degree (n.) Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree..
Root :: Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely..
Epiploce :: Epiploce (n.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..
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