Helen Fenton

Advocate: Definition and part of speech

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Advocate

  1. n. Christ, considered as an intercessor.
  2. n. One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
  3. n. One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Advisory: Definition and part of speech

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Advisory

  1. a. Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Advisedly: Definition and part of speech

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Advisedly

  1. adv. With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design.
  2. adv. Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Advise: Definition and part of speech

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Advise

  1. v. t. To take counsel; to consult; — followed by with; as, to advise with friends.
  2. v. t. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
  3. v. t. To give information or notice to; to inform; — with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk.
  4. v. t. To consider; to deliberate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.