Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
advance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- To advance; to profit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
advance ; toprofit .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With his suppoor: my style i wyl avaunce ffirst to compyle afftre my konnyng his gloryous lyff his birthe and his gynnying
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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& in especyall [e] vse ye attendavnce wheryn ye shall [e] yo_u_r selfe best avaunce.
Caxton's Book of Curtesye Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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& litell {e} of lyvelode p {er} chaunce, and some of gret lyvelode/& no blode royall {e} to avaunce; 1088
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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To your {e} mastir looke ye geue diligent attendaunce; be curteyse, glad of cher {e}, & light of er {e} in eu {er} y semblaunce, 868 eu {er} waytyng {e} to þat thyng {e} þat may do hym plesaunce: to these p {ro} purtees if ye will apply, it may yow well {e} avaunce.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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