"avocate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: avocates [present, singular, third-person], avocating [participle, present], avocated [participle, past], avocated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin avoco, avocatus. Doublet of avoke. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|avoco|avoco, avocatus}} Latin avoco, avocatus, {{doublet|en|avoke}} Doublet of avoke Head templates: {{en-verb}} avocate (third-person singular simple present avocates, present participle avocating, simple past and past participle avocated)
  1. (obsolete) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal. Tags: obsolete Related terms: advocate
    Sense id: en-avocate-en-verb-XhssEm1y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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