advocated

Verb

advocate (third-person singular simple present advocates, present participle advocating, simple past and past participle advocated)

1. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
   • 7 March, 1624, Robert Sanderson, sermon at the Assizes, at Lincoln
     To advocate the cause of thy client.
2. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
   • I like trees, but I do not advocate living in them.
3. (intransitive) To engage in advocacy.
   • We have been advocating for changes in immigration law.
4. (Scots law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
5. (Scots law) To call a case before itself for decision.

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