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Webster 1913 Edition
Avocate
Av′o-cate
,Verb.
T.
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.
To call off, or away. [Not used.]