All 3 Uses of
advocate
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Of course I can understand that it's a philosophical novel and written to advocate an idea…."†
Chpt 10 (definition 1) *
- They want to put a monument to your Pushkin for writing about women's feet, while I wrote with a moral purpose, and you,' said he, 'are an advocate of serfdom.†
Chpt 11 (definition 2) *
- 'Anyway it's better than your Pushkin's poetry,' he said, 'for I've managed to advocate enlightenment even in that.'†
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (advocate as in: to advocate) to recommend or publicly support (someone or something)
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(2) (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