avocate
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin avoco, avocatus. Doublet of avoke.
- borrowed from avoco
Definitions
To call off or away
To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
- Stage-playes and dancing avocate and with-hold men from Gods worſhip
- for what is a scholar, but one who retireth his person, and avocateth his mind from other occupations and worldly entertainment
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA