Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To transfer; relegate; specifically, call to a higher court.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To summon; to call.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
summon orcall (to a highertribunal ).
Etymologies
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From Latin advocare, formed from ad- + vocare "to call".
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