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AdvocatingAdvocate Ad"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advocated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Advocating.] [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.]
To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a
tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend
publicly.
To advocate the cause of thy client. --Bp.
Sanderson
(1624).
This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has
been advocated. --Burke.
Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause.
--Mitford. AdvocationAdvocation Ad`vo*ca"tion, n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation.
See Advowson.]
1. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.
[Archaic]
The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual
advocation for us. --Jer. Taylor.
2. Advowson. [Obs.]
The donations or advocations of church livings.
--Sanderson.
3. (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an
inferior court to the supreme court. --Bell. Avocative
Avocative A*vo"ca*tive ([.a]*v[=o]"k[.a]*t[i^]v), a.
Calling off. [Obs.]
Avocative
Avocative A*vo"ca*tive, n.
That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
ConvocatingConvocate Con"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convocated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Convocating.] [L. convocatus, p. p. of
convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See Vocal,
and cf. Convoce.]
To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] --May (Lucan). ConvocationConvocation Con`vo*ca"tion, n. [L. convocatio: cf. F.
convocation. See Convoke.]
1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.
2. An assembly or meeting.
In the first day there shall be a holy convocation.
--Ex. xii. 16.
3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their
representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have
each their convocation, but no session for business
were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of
Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation
of York the business has been generally conducted in
one assembly.
4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the
business of the university is transacted.
Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet;
convention; synod; council. Convocational
Convocational Con`vo*ca"tion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a convocation.
Convocationist
Convocationist Con`vo*ca"tion*ist, n.
An advocate or defender of convocation.
Devocation
Devocation Dev`o*ca"tion, n. [L. devocare to call off or away;
de + vocare to call.]
A calling off or away. [R.] --Hallywell.
EquivocationEquivocation E*quiv`o*ca"tion, n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,
with a purpose to mislead.
There being no room for equivocations, there is no need
of distinctions. --Locke.
Syn: Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling.
See Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i. Evocative
Evocative E*vo"ca*tive, a.
Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
Evocative power over all that is eloquent and
expressive in the better soul of man. --W. Pater.
InvocatingInvocate In"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invocated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Invocating.] [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See
Invoke.]
To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore.
If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his
aid. --Milton. Invocation
Invocation In`vo*ca"tion, n. [F. invocation, L. invocatio.]
1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence
of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp.,
prayer offered to a divine being.
Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and
pathetical! --Shak.
The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the
invocation is divided between the two deities.
--Addison.
2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call,
demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence
into court.
ProvocationProvocation Prov`o*ca"tion, n. [F. provocation, L. provocatio.
See Provoke.]
1. The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.
--Fabyan.
2. That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of
resentment; as, to give provocation. --Paley.
3. Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.
4. (Law) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed,
under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to
excuse an assault made in retort or redress.
5. An appeal to a court.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Ayliffe. Provocative
Provocative Pro*vo"ca*tive, a. [L. provocativus: cf. OF.
provocatif.]
Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
exciting.
Provocative
Provocative Pro*vo"ca*tive, n.
Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative
of appetite.
Provocativeness
Provocativeness Pro*vo"ca*tive*ness, n.
Quality of being provocative.
Sevocation
Sevocation Sev`o*ca"tion, n. [L. sevocare, sevocatum, to call
aside.]
A calling aside. [Obs.]
Univocation
Univocation U*niv`o*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. univocation.]
Agreement of name and meaning. [Obs.] --Whiston.
Vocative
Vocative Voc"a*tive, n. [L. vocativus (sc. casus): cf. F.
vocatif.] (Gram.)
The vocative case.
Vocative
Vocative Voc"a*tive, a. [L. vocativus, fr. vocare to call.]
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically
(Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case
or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person
or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
Meaning of Vocati from wikipedia
- field)
called Fockynggrove' (lapidem
fixum in
cornerio cuiusdam clausi vocati Fockynggroue).
Since this was a
legal do****ent,
later surveys and perambulations...
- "Ecce
Agnus Dei, ecce qui
tollit peccata mundi.
Beati qui ad
cenam Agni
vocati sunt." ("Behold the Lamb of God,
behold Him who
takes away the sins of the...
- oval, at the top, we can find the
motto of the University, ‘In
Libertatem Vocati’, by St Paul the Apostle, and the
kneeling image of St
Anthony of Padua...
- portra**** with a wing
embellishment and set in
front of a roundel. The
motto Vocati Veniemus may be
freely translated as "when
summoned we
shall be there"....
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original on 26
March 2015.
Retrieved 23
March 2015.
Priscilla Franken.
Vocatis (ed.). "La
Bretagne a un taux de chômage faible, mais qui ne
profite pas...
- Agamemnon, has her
prophesy why
Agamemnon deserves the
death he got: Quid me
vocatis sospitem solam e meis,
umbrae meorum? te sequor, tota
pater Troia sepulte;...
-
affici non possumus, quam **** eos, qui in
partem solicitudinis Nostrae sunt
vocati,
pastorali zelo flagrare,
acriterque ad
spirituale commissarum sibi Ovium...
-
possibly in a 1386
administrative do****ent
which refers in
Latin to
arcus vocati longbowes, "bows
called 'longbows'",
though the
reading of the last word...
-
primi Rhenum transgressi Gallos ex****rint ac nunc Tungri, tunc
Germani vocati sint: ita
nationis nomen, nongentis,
evaluisse paulatim, ut
omnes primum...
- En
grege relicto,
humiles ad cunas,
Vocati pastores adproperant: Et nos
ovanti gradu festinemus,
Venite adoremus (3×) Dominum.
Stella duce, Magi Christum...
