Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AD-VANCE'
AD-VANCE', v.i.
- To move or go forward; to proceed; as, the troops advanced.
- To improve, or make progress; to grow better, greater, wiser or older; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in wisdom, or in years.
- To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred, or promoted; as, to advance in political standing.
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