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.
2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]
They . . . advanced their eyelids.
Shak.
3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above
all the princes.
Esther iii. 1.
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.
5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose;
to show; as, to advance an argument.
Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own.
Pope.
6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to
hasten.
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.
8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise
in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]
Greatly advancing his gay chivalry.
Spenser.
Syn. -- To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten;
accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.
Ad*vance", v. i. 1. To
move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet
me.
2. To increase or make progress in any respect; as,
to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be
preferred or promoted.
Advanced to a level with ancient peers.
Prescott.
Ad*vance", n. [Cf. F. avance, fr.
avancer. See Advance, v.]
1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward;
progress.
2. Improvement or progression, physically,
mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge,
or religion; an advance in rank or office.
3. An addition to the price; rise in price or
value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
4. The first step towards the attainment of a
result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a
difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the
plural.
[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.
Swift.
5. A furnishing of something before an equivalent
is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan;
payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value
supplied beforehand.
I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary
advances.
Jay.
The account was made up with intent to show what
advances had been made.
Kent.
In advance (a) In front;
before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is
received. (c) In the state of having advanced
money on account; as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or
pounds.
Ad*vance" (&?;), a. Before in place, or
beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance
guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance
payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs,
advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance
of the time of publication.
