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English Dictionary: advocate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for advocate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advocate n a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent] a lawyer who pleads cases in court Synonym(s): advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader v push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" Synonym(s): recommend, urge, advocate speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" Synonym(s): preach, advocate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advocate \Ad"vocate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advocating}.] [See {Advocate}, n., {Advoke}, {Avow}.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. To advocate* the cause of thy client. --Bp. Sanderson (1624). This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated. --Burke. Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. --Mitford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advocate \Ad"vo*cate\, v. i. To act as advocate. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advocate \Ad"vocate\, n. [OE. avocat, avocet, OF. avocat, fr. L. advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See {Advowee}, {Avowee}, {Vocal}.] 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor. Note: In the English and American Law, advocate* is the same as [bd]counsel,[b8] [bd]counselor,[b8] or [bd]barrister.[b8] In the civil and ecclesiastical courts, the term signifies the same as [bd]counsel[b8] at the common law. 2. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth. 3. Christ, considered as an intercessor. We have an Advocate with the Father. --1 John ii. 1. {Faculty of advocates} (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh. {Lord advocate} (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. {Judge advocate}. See under {Judge}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Advocate (Gr. parakletos), one who pleads another's cause, who helps another by defending or comforting him. It is a name given by Christ three times to the Holy Ghost (John 14:16; 15:26; 16:7, where the Greek word is rendered "Comforter," q.v.). It is applied to Christ in 1 John 2:1, where the same Greek word is rendered "Advocate," the rendering which it should have in all the places where it occurs. Tertullus "the orator" (Acts 24:1) was a Roman advocate whom the Jews employed to accuse Paul before Felix.