2 meanings, 3 uses
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1 —2 uses as in:
to advocate
Definition
to recommend or publicly support (someone or something)
- 'Anyway it's better than your Pushkin's poetry,' he said, 'for I've managed to advocate enlightenment even in that.'Book 11 — Ivan (30% in)
- Of course I can understand that it's a philosophical novel and written to advocate an idea...."Book 10 — The Boys (83% in)
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2 —1 use as in:
an advocate supporting
Definition
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
or more rarely:
someone acting in the role of a defense lawyer in England's past and in some jurisdictions today
- 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.Book 11 — Ivan (15% in)
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