advocate
Forms
- Plural
- advocates
- present (v1)
- advocate
- past (v2)
- advocated
- past participle (v3)
- advocated
- present participle
- advocating
- 3rd person singular
- advocates
Definitions
1.Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
2.Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
- I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
3.A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
- He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
4.A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
- Since she started working with her advocate, she has become much more confident.
1.To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
2.To encourage support for something.
- I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them.
- Those who have advocated the closure of the G.C. have so far failed to say by which alternative route this North-to-West traffic could be carried.
- Varys even leans on Jon to assume the Iron Throne, which means he very well knew he wasn’t going to be around much longer, if he’s openly advocating others commit treason as well.
3.To engage in advocacy.
- We have been advocating for changes in immigration law.
- And why has no one in the [rail] industry advocated for a universal requirement for face covering (even if it's just a scarf or old tea towel), [..].
4.To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2873
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English advocat, advoket, from Old French advocat, from Latin advocātus (“an advocate”), from the substantivization of the perfect passive participle of advocāre (“to call for”) (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from a calque of Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos) (whence English paraclete).