All 9 Uses

advocate
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
(Edited)

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

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 *

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

advocate = recommend or publicly support
...the community dances which Mrs. Nat Hicks advocated.
Chpt 11

advocated = recommended or publicly supported
Vida was an advocate of culture-buying and efficiency-systems.
Chpt 18

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

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

advocating = recommending
Doctor, have the medical societies in Minnesota ever advocated legislation for help to nursing mothers?
Chpt 24 *

advocated = publicly supported
Buckburn of Baltimore advocates decapsulation and nephrotomy, but seems to me--
Chpt 24

advocates = recommends or publicly supports

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Definitions:

(1) (advocate as in: to advocate)
to recommend or publicly support (someone or something)
(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
(3) (advocate as in: an advocate in court)
a lawyer or officer of the court in some jurisdictions in Europe, colonial America, and the military
(4) (devil's advocate as in: I'll play the devil's advocate)
a person who takes an unpopular position to encourage debate or test ideas
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

advocate in Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis (Edited)

advocate
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
(Edited)