All 9 Uses of
advocate
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- Thus to the young Sappho spake the melon-venders; thus the captains to Zenobia; and in the damp cave over gnawed bones the hairy suitor thus protested to the woman advocate of matriarchy.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)advocate = a person who publicly supports
- But the advocate of freedom in marriage was as much disappointed as a drooping bride at the alacrity with which he took that freedom and escaped to the world of men's affairs.
Chpt 4 (definition 1) *advocate = public supporter
- I believe in manual training, but Latin and mathematics always will be the backbone of sound Americanism, no matter what these faddists advocate--heaven knows what they do want--knitting, I suppose, and classes in wiggling the ears!
Chpt 4 (definition 2)advocate = recommend or publicly support
- ...the community dances which Mrs. Nat Hicks advocated.
Chpt 11 (definition 2)advocated = recommended or publicly supported
- Vida was an advocate of culture-buying and efficiency-systems.
Chpt 18 (definition 1)advocate = a person who publicly supports
- The civic improvements which I'd like the Thanatopsis to advocate are Strindberg plays, and classic dancers--exquisite legs beneath tulle--
Chpt 22 (definition 2)advocate = recommend or publicly support
- Uncle Whittier and Aunt Bessie came in one evening when Carol was sleepily advocating a rose-garden cottage.
Chpt 24 (definition 2)advocating = recommending
- Doctor, have the medical societies in Minnesota ever advocated legislation for help to nursing mothers?
Chpt 24 (definition 2) *advocated = publicly supported
- Buckburn of Baltimore advocates decapsulation and nephrotomy, but seems to me--
Chpt 24 (definition 2)advocates = recommends or publicly supports
Definitions:
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(1) (advocate as in: an advocate supporting) a person who publicly supports and works to advance a cause
or more rarely:
someone acting in the role of a defense lawyer in England's past and in some jurisdictions today
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(2) (advocate as in: to advocate) to recommend or publicly support (someone or something)