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Webster 1913 Edition


Avocate

Av′o-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
avocatus
, p. p. of
avocare
;
a
,
ab
+
vocare
to call. Cf.
Avoke
, and see
Vocal
,
Adj.
]
To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
[Obs. or Archaic]
One who
avocateth
his mind from other occupations.
Barrow.
He, at last, . . .
avocated
the cause to Rome.
Robertson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Avocate

AV'OCATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. avoco, from a and voco, to call. See Voice and Vocal.]
To call off, or away. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


avocate

avocate

English

Verb

avocate (third-person singular simple present avocates, present participle avocating, simple past and past participle avocated)

  1. (obsolete) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.

French

Noun

avocate f (plural avocates)

  1. feminine equivalent of avocat

Italian

Verb

avocate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of avocare
  2. second-person plural imperative of avocare
  3. feminine plural of avocato

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

āvocāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of āvocō

Romanian

Noun

avocate f

  1. plural of avocată