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 or call (to a higher tribunal).

Etymologies

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From Latin advocare, formed from ad- + vocare "to call".

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