advocate
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Synonyms: avocate, advocat, advocare, advocacy, allocate, invocate, advocates, evocate, avocat, advocator, revocate
Antonyms: avocate, advocat, advocare, advocacy, allocate, invocate, advocates, evocate, avocat, advocator, revocate
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a [[counsel]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
- Anyone who argues the case of another; an [[intercessor]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
- A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
- A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[encourage]] [[support]] for something.
- {{lb|en|intransitive|with ''for''}} To engage in advocacy.
- {{lb|en|Scots law}} To [[appeal]] from an inferior [[court]] to the {{w|Court of Session}}.
- {{lb|en|Scots law|in higher courts}} To call a [[case]] before itself for [[decision]].
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