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- adjective Obsolete form of
advance . - noun Obsolete form of
advance . - verb Obsolete form of
advance .
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Examples
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Lambarde says: "No marvaile is it, if the glory of the place were not at any time very great, since on the one side the abilitie of the Bishops and the Chanons (inclined to advaunce it) was but meane, and on the other side the calamitie of fire and sworde (bent to destroy it) was in manner continuall."
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As being stirred with zeale to hear and see The worlde, whereby him selfe mighte advaunce.
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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Then from behind them ftraightway 'gan advaunce An uncouth ftripling quaintly habited.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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West and the Southe from the iles which are comonly called the Azores, or those of Cape Verd: to this wee aunswer, that here wee are firste to consider that yt was no marvell that his Holines, beinge a Spaniarde borne, sett aparte all other respectes of justice and equitie, and of his mere motion and francke liberalitie was ready to raise and advaunce his owne nation, with doinge secrete wronge and injurie as moche as in him laye, and more, unto all other Princes of Christendome.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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To this I aunswer that, if he had ment as in deede he saieth, he shoulde not have restrayned this so greate and generall a worke, belonginge to the duetie of all other Christian princes, unto the Kinges of Spaine onely, as thoughe God had no servauntes but in Spaine; or as thoughe other Christian kinges then lyvinge had not as greate zeale and meanes to advaunce Gods glory as they; or howe mente he that every one shoulde put their helpinge hande to this worke, when he defended all other
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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'* afliire and advaunce the fame: And I make no Doubt
Hibernica: Or, Some Antient Places Relating to Ireland ... Dublin, Ireland 1770
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