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▪ I. advancing, vbl. n.|ædˈvɑːnsɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. advance v. + -ing1.]
Moving forward, or forwarding; promotion, advancement. (Now mostly gerundial, in various senses of advance.)
1388On 25 Articles in Wyclif's Wks. 1871 III. 470 Temporale avaunsyng of sum one man. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle ii. xlv. (1859) 51 For theyr fyers condycions of prowde auancynge they ben caste a bak in to endeles dampnacion. 1541Barnes Wks. (1573) 343/1 The practysyng and aduauncing of Idolatry. 1549Compl. Scotl. (1873) 2 The contenual auansing of the deffens of oure cuntre. 1655Gouge Hebrews i. 5. 37 He did not usurp it by a proud advancing of himself. Mod. The fact of your advancing such strange opinions hinders us from advancing your cause.
▪ II. advancing, ppl. a.|ædˈvɑːnsɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. advance v. + -ing2.]
Moving forward, approaching, progressing, increasing.
1801Southey Thalaba vi. xxviii. Wks. IV. 233 And unveil'd women bade the advancing youth, Come merry-make with them! 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 50 Advancing age had made no essential change in his character. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. i. §2 (1875) 6 With advancing political opinion has come still greater restriction of imperial power. Mod. Heedless of the advancing tide. |
