Emily Dickinson Lexicon

advance, n. [see advance, v.] (webplay: face, proportion, stock, way, years).

1. Stride; march; step; forward movement; [fig.] life.
2. Profit; rise in value; gain in money.
3. Progress; improvement; progression; success; attainment; development; movement to a superior position; [fig.] future; hereafter.
4. Phrase. “In advance”: ahead in time; into the future.