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Verb: advocate 'ad-vu`keyt- Push for something
"The travel agent advocated strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" - recommend, urge, encourage - Speak, plead, or argue in favour of
"The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" - preach Noun: advocate ad-vu-kut- A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- advocator, proponent, exponent - A lawyer who pleads cases in court
- counsel, counselor [US], counsellor [Brit, Cdn], counselor-at-law [US, Ireland], pleader
Derived forms: advocated, advocates, advocating See also: advocacy Type of: advise, attorney, exhort, individual, lawyer, mortal, person, press, propose, somebody, someone, soul, suggest, urge, urge on Encyclopedia: Advocate Advocate, Nova Scotia |