| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Advocate.[Websters]
2. To be consolidated or pillared. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have counselled or exhorted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be enhanced. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have championed or champed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be crutched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have corroborated, confirmed, fueled, fuelled or helped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be allied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have cemented, furthered, re-enforced or underpinned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have maintained, bolstered, asserted or sustained.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb advocate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (advocate) | 1. Push for something.[Wordnet]. 2. Speak, plead, or argue in favor of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house".[Wordnet]. 3. To act as advocate.[Websters]. 4. To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: advocating, advocated, advocates, advocator, advocators, advocatingly and advocatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ADVOCATED" is a common misspelling or typo for: advocates. |
Date "ADVOCATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1706. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ADVOCATED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Defended by argument; vindicated.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of advocate. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: advocate
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Advocate General | An Advocate General is a senior law officer of a country or other jurisdiction. Usually charged with advising the courts or Government on legal matters. (references) | ||
| Advocate General for Scotland | Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Government on the law. (references) | ||
| Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate | Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate, [1965] AC 75, was a court case, raised in Scotland, and decided ultimately in the House of Lords. The case is an important decision in U.K. constitutional law and had unusual legal repercussions at the time. (references) | ||
| Court Appointed Special Advocate | A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a volunteer that independently investigates the case of an abused or neglected child at the request of a family court. Based on this investigation, a CASA volunteer advocates for the child's best interest, generally emphasizing safety and stability for the child's home. (references) | ||
| Defence Judge Advocate Corps (Denmark) | Defence Judge Advocate Corps (Danish: Forsvarets Auditørkorps), short "FAUK" is a Danish independent military prosecutor and the Legal branch of the Danish military. It is a Level.I command and is under the Ministry of Defence directly. The General Judge advocate heads the Defence Judge Advocate Corps. (references) | ||
| Devil's advocate | Someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Devil's Advocate | Formerly, during the canonization process by the Roman Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith (Latin Promotor Fidei), or Devil's Advocate (Latin advocatus diaboli), was a canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate. It was his job to take a skeptical view of the proceedings, to look for holes in the evidence, to argue that the miracles attributed to the candidate were fraudulent, etc. (references) | ||
| Judge advocate | 1: (Mil. & Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| 3: An officer assigned to the judge advocate general. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Judge Advocate General | The Judge Advocate General and Judge Martial of all the Forces is an officer of considerable responsibility. He is the legal adviser of the Sovereign and of the commander-in-chief in military cases, and by his authority all general courts-martial are held. In his office are deposited the originals of all such proceedings, and on his receipt of them they are examined, and either deposited as correct, or communicated upon, or submitted by the Judge Advocate General to Her Majesty for royal approval, or for pardon, or revision, as, in the opinion of this officer, the case may require. (references) | ||
| Judge Advocate General (Canada) | The Office of the Judge Advocate General for the Canadian Forces provides legal advice to the bases and wings, defending an accused at a court martial, teaching courses to other CF members or advising a commanding officer in an operational theatre to uphold the ethical and legal principles established by both the Canadian Forces and the Government of Canada. The current JAG of the Canadian Forces is Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul, CMM, CD, QC. (references) | ||
| Judge Advocate General's Corps | Judge Advocate General's Corps, also known as JAG, is the judicial arm of the United States armed forces, consisting of autonomous departments in the Air Force, Army and Navy. It is charged with the defense and prosecution of military law as provided in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Officers of the Corps are the chief members of the court martial and court of inquiry. The Corps also provides servicemembers with a wide range of legal services free of charge, and supports military combat operations by advising commanders on the law of armed conflict. (references) | ||
| Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy | In 1967, Congress decided to establish the Judge Advocate General's Corps within the Department of the Navy. The legislation was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 8, 1967, and ensured Navy lawyers' status as members of a distinct professional group within the Navy, similar to physicians and chaplains. (references) | ||
| Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army | The Army Judge Advocate General's Corps is composed of lawyers and warrant officers and enlisted personnel trained in military legal matters. A major general serves as The Judge Advocate General of the Army and is referred to as TJAG while the Corps is referred to as JAG. (references) | ||
| Judge Advocate General's Department of the United States Air Force | The mission of the Judge Advocate General's Department is to provide legal services to officials of the United States Air Force. Specific duties and responsibilities fall primarily on the Judge Advocate General and on Staff Judge Advocates, the senior judge advocates serving on Air Force commanders' staffs worldwide. (references) | ||
| Land's Advocate of Holland | The Land's Advocate of Holland acted as the chairman of the Estates of Holland. He was the speaker of the nobility of Holand and had the first say on a subject during a meeting of the Estates. A decision of the Estates was made by a summarizing of all the statements of the other delegates by the Land's Advocate. The Land's Advocate of Holland was the most powerful man of the republic of the United Provinces, when there was no Stadtholder in Holland, because two third of the tax income of the republic came from the county of Holland. (references) | ||
| Lord advocate | (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Lord Advocate | Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. Under the Scotland Act 1998 he is now a member of the Scottish Executive and advises the Crown and the Scottish Executive on legal matters which fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament. The office is one of the Great Offices of State in Scotland. (references) | ||
| MacCormick v. Lord Advocate | MacCormick v. Lord Advocate (1953 SC 396) was a Scottish lawsuit in which John MacCormick (the rector of Glasgow University) and Ian Hamilton contested the right of Queen Elizabeth II to style herself "Elizabeth II" within Scotland. This was perceived as a breach of the Act of Union 1707 between England and Scotland, since Queen Elizabeth I was Queen of England but not of Scotland. (references) | ||
| Messenger and Advocate | The Messenger and Advocate (previously, the Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate) was an early Latter Day Saint periodical published monthly in Kirtland, Ohio from October 1834 to September 1837. It was the successor to The Evening and Morning Star and the predecessor to the Elders' Journal and later Times and Seasons. (references) | ||
| New Haven Advocate | The New Haven Advocate is a weekly alternative newspaper published in New Haven, Connecticut. The paper is one of the city's most popular and enjoys a wide circulation. The paper tends to focus on news, arts and entertainment in the New Haven area. In 2004, the Advocate was voted "Best of New Haven" in a readers' poll. The Advocate's columnists include Paul Bass, Colleen Van Tassell and Jim Motavalli. (references) | ||
| New York Public Advocate | The Public Advocate of New York is an independently elected citywide official, next in line to the Mayor, who is an ombuds[wo]man meant to cut through government red tape. (references) | ||
| Scone Advocate | The Scone Advocate is an Australian local newspaper, serving the communities of Scone, Aberdeen and Murrurundi in the Upper Hunter Valley. It is owned by Rural Press, and goes on sale each Thursday for $1.30. The newspaper was founded in 1888, the same year Scone was declared an municipality. (references) | ||
| Starfleet Judge Advocate General | The Judge Advocate General (often shortened to JAG) is an office of the United Federation of Planets, charged with overseeing legal matters within Starfleet. (references) | ||
| Student health advocate | Unique to UCLA, the SHA Program, or Student Health Advocate Program, allows UCLA students with an interest in health care and public health to encourage healthy behaviors among their peers. Started in 1974, the SHA program is run by UCLA's Health Education department and is overseen by the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. (references) | ||
| The Advocate | The Advocate is a national gay and lesbian biweekly news magazine in the United States. First published in 1967 as a local newsletter in Los Angeles, it is the oldest continuing gay publication in the U.S. (references) | ||
| The Advocate (newspaper) | The Advocate is a local newspaper of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. (references) | ||
| The Doctors Advocate | The Doctors Advocate is a new CD expected by The Game to come out early 2006. (references) | ||
| The Virginia Advocate | The Virginia Advocate is an annual publication at the University of Virginia. This is a conservative publication at the University of Virginia. Created in 1989, the Virginia Advocate boasts current National Review editor Rich Lowry as a former editor. (references) | ||
| The Western Advocate | The Western Advocate is a newspaper serving the central western NSW town of Bathurst and surrounding areas. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: advocate
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Devil's Advocate | Literature | (The). In the Catholic Church when a name is suggested for canonisation, some person is appointed to oppose the proposition, and is expected to give reasons why it should not take place. This person is technically called Advocatus Diaboli. Having said his say, the conclave decides the question. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Judge Advocate | Military | HQ AFMC/JA. (references) | |
| Judge advocate | Law | JUDGE ADVOCATE. An officer who, is a member of a court martial. 2. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial. Rules and Articles of War, art. 69, 2 Story, L. U.S. 1001; Lid. Jud. Adv. passim. (references) | |
| Legislative advocate | Law | An individual engaged to present to legislators, the views of a group or organization. They are required by law to register with the Secretary of State. More commonly known as lobbyists. (references) | |
| Legislative advocate | Occupations | Contacts and confers with members of legislature and other holders of public office to persuade them to support legislation favorable to client's interest: Studies proposed legislation to determine possible effect on interest of client, who may be person, specific group, or general public. Confers with legislators and officials to emphasize supposed weaknesses or merits of specific bills to influence passage, defeat, or amendment of measure, or introduction of legislation more favorable to client's interests. Contacts individuals and groups having similar interests in order to encourage them also to contact legislators and present views. Prepares news releases and informational pamphlets and conducts news conferences in order to state client's views and to inform public of features of proposed legislation considered desirable or undesirable. Plans and coordinates meetings between members and elected officials to discuss legislative issues and proposals and allow officials to respond to membership concerns. May contact regulatory agencies and testify at public hearings to enlist support for client's interests. May be legally required to register with governmental authorities as lobbyist and to submit reports of regulated expenditures incurred during lobbying activities. May attend and represent local organization at state and national association meetings. May instruct individuals or organization members in lobbying techniques. (references) | |
| Library advocate | Art | A person who appreciates libraries and their role in society, to the extent of speaking and acting publicly in their support, especially when funding and the freedom to read are at stake. See also: Friends of the Library and library trustee. (references) | |
| Patient advocate | Health | A person whose job is to speak on a patient's behalf and help patients get any information or services they need. (references) | |
| Patient advocate | Religion | A person who helps a patient work with others who have an effect on the patient's health, including doctors, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and lawyers. A patient advocate helps resolve issues about health care, medical bills, and job discrimination related to a patient's medical condition. Cancer advocacy groups try to raise public awareness about important cancer issues, such as the need for cancer support services, education, and research. Such groups work to bring about change that will help cancer patients and their families. (references) | |
| To advocate | Civil Rights | Abogar por, defender los derechos de. (references) | |
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