advocate

[Ad·vo*cate]

An advocate (AD və kit) is someone who supports a cause, like an advocate for outdoor recess. Advocate (AD və kate) is also a verb meaning to speak in favor of, so you can advocate for that outdoor recess by urging your school to play outside!

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One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.

Noun
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Noun
a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Verb
speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

Verb
push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

n.
One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

n.
One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.

n.
Christ, considered as an intercessor.

n.
To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

v. i.
To act as advocate.

Advocate

Ad`ver*sa*ry , n.; pl. Adversaries . [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse.] One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.> Ad"vo*cate , n. [OE. avocat, avocet, OF. avocat, fr. L. advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocare to call. See Advowee, Avowee, Vocal.] 1. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor. &hand; In the English and American Law, advocate is the same as "counsel," "counselor," or "barrister." In the civil and ecclesiastical courts, the term signifies the same as "counsel" at the common law. 2. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth. 3. Christ, considered as an intercessor.

We have an Advocate with the Father.

Faculty of advocates (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh. -- Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. -- Judge advocate. See under Judge.

Advocate

Ad`ver*sa*ry , n.; pl. Adversaries . [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse.] One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.> Ad"vo*cate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advocated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Advocating .] [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

To advocate the cause of thy client.

This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated.

Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause.

Advocate

Ad`ver*sa*ry , n.; pl. Adversaries . [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse.] One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.> Ad"vo*cate, v. i. To act as advocate. [Obs.] Fuller.

One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.

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Usage Examples

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

I have two younger sisters and I'm such an advocate of owning who you are as a person. Don't be ashamed or intimidated. Never feel like you are not amazing.

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's health care and education, and I'd dive on a live grenade to get this message out, so thank you for this forum.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.

If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

I'm an advocate for gay marriage. I have more gay friends than Carter has pills.

My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.

I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so.

I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.

It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.

I do not think that there is a reputable scientist on this planet who would advocate using this technology to generate a human child as was just announced.