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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Advance \Ad*vance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advancing}(#).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be fr. L. ad. See {Avaunt}.] 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] They . . . advanced their eyelids. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. [1913 Webster] Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. --Esther iii. 1. [1913 Webster] 4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests. [1913 Webster] 5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. [1913 Webster] Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten. [1913 Webster] 7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him. [1913 Webster] 8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods. [1913 Webster] 9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Syn: To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Advanced \Ad*vanced"\, a. 1. In the van or front. [1913 Webster] 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. [1913 Webster] 3. Far on in life or time. [1913 Webster] A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] {Advanced guard}, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: advanced adj 1: farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average" 2: comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion" 3: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" [syn: {advanced}, {forward-looking}, {innovative}, {modern}] 4: at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University" 5: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" [syn: {advanced}, {sophisticated}] 6: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: {advanced}, {ripe}] 7: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically" 8: situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" [syn: {advance(a)}, {advanced(a)}, {in advance(p)}]