to be an advocate of
31advocate — {{11}}advocate (n.) mid 14c., one whose profession is to plead cases in a court of justice, a technical term from Roman law, from O.Fr. avocat barrister, advocate, spokesman, from L. advocatus one called to aid; a pleader, advocate, noun use of… …
32advocate — ♦♦♦ advocates, advocating, advocated (The verb is pronounced [[t]æ̱dvəkeɪt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]æ̱dvəkət[/t]].) 1) VERB If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. [FORMAL] [V n] Mr Williams is a… …
33Advocate of Moral Reform — ▪ American periodical American periodical that, between 1835 and about 1845, campaigned to rescue women who were victims of moral and physical corruption and to reassert woman s centrality to family life. First published in New York… …
34Advocate Post — The Advocate Post (Pakistan) [ [http://topstarlawyers.com/pakistan/advocatepost/news/ ] (APP) is the first Web news site of the community of Pakistani lawyers. General. Parvez Musharaf the President of Pakistan ousted the Chief Justice of… …
35advocate — advocative, adj. advocator, n. v. /ad veuh kayt /; n. /ad veuh kit, kayt /, v., advocated, advocating, n. v.t. 1. to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers. n. 2. a… …
36advocate — [14] Etymologically, advocate contains the notion of ‘calling’, specifically of calling someone in for advice or as a witness. This was the meaning of the Latin verb advocāre (formed from vocāre ‘call’, from which English also gets vocation). Its …
37advocate — 1 verb (T) to publicly support a particular way of doing things: Extremists were openly advocating violence. 2 noun (C) 1 someone who publicly supports a particular way of doing things: be an advocate of: She s a passionate advocate of natural… …
38advocate — [ˈædvəˌkeɪt] verb [T] I to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing something II noun [C] advocate [ˈædvəkət] 1) someone who strongly and publicly supports someone or something an advocate of political reform[/ex] 2) a lawyer • See:… …
39advocate — verb (t) /ˈædvəkeɪt / (say advuhkayt) (advocated, advocating) 1. to plead in favour of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: *Well, I ll not campaign or advocate any policies but my own. –joh bjelke petersen, 1988. –noun /ˈædvəkət /… …
40advocate — [14] Etymologically, advocate contains the notion of ‘calling’, specifically of calling someone in for advice or as a witness. This was the meaning of the Latin verb advocāre (formed from vocāre ‘call’, from which English also gets vocation). Its …
