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单词 avocate
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avocatev.

Etymology: < Latin āvocāt- participial stem of āvocāre to call off or away, < ā , ab , off + vocāre to call. In sense 2 < French avoquer , later advoquer , < Latin advocāre : see advoke v., advocate v.
Obsolete.
1. To call away, withdraw, distract, divert (from).
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)] > from a purpose, etc.
withdraw1340
distractc1380
waive1390
wresta1400
to turn aside1535
avocate1543
detract1548
to turn off1573
take1574
swaya1593
to put out1616
to put off1631
sidetrack1887
to turn off1951
1543 T. Becon David's Harpe in Wks. (1843) 266 Whereby they might be avocated and called away from sin.
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶¶¶v Temporall meanes, & honour..avocate and hinder them from preaching.
1752 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. III. 192 I have avocated my thoughts, and fixed them for a while upon common amusements.
2. To call to a higher tribunal; = advocate v. 1.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > remove to another court or judge > remove to higher court
beclepe1297
advocatec1529
advoke1533
avocate1649
evoke1752
1649 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII 259 Seeing now all proceeding in England inhibited, the Cause Avocated to Rome, Caupegius recalled.
1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 120 Must avocate the business to be heard in the court of Rome.
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