avocat (avoka)

Avocado, or Alligator-pear [F., see advocate, n.] An advocate; a lawyer. avocate (av'ō-kāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. avo cated, ppr. avocating. [ away. One... who avocateth his mind from other occираtions. Barrow , Works, III. xxii. 2. To remove authoritatively from an inferior to a superior court. [Archaic.] Seeing the cause avocated to Rome. Lord Herbert , Hen. VIII., p. 259. avocation (av-ō-kā'shon), n. [L. avocatio (n-), a calling off, interruption, avocare , call off: see avocate .] 1. The act of calling aside or diverting from some object or employment. God does frequently inject into the soul ble ed impulses to duty, and powerful avocations from sin. South . dering vile, or of treating as vile. avine (a'vin), a. [L. avis, a bird, + -ine1.] 2. The authoritative removal of a case or pro Same as avian .