ADVANCE, ADVANCEMENT, ADVANCING
ADJECTIVES
1842 — MARCHING advancing, progressing; said of things
1847 — ADVANCIVE tending to advance or promote
NOUNS
1303 — VANCEMENT advancement, preferment → obs.
1528 — ADVANCE advancement, the act of furthering; furtherance → obs.
1548 — IMPROVEMENT advancement, enlargement, growth, development → obs.
1785 — FARTHERANCE the advancement of a scheme or interest → obs.
1835 — ONGO advance; the act of going on, movement, progress → Sc.
1847 — VAIL advance, progress → Eng. dial.
1905 — RAISEMENT an advance, increase, rise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1956 — QUANTUM LEAP a sudden and dramatic advance or change
VERBS
1000 — WADE to advance, to go, to move onward → obs.
1205 — TIGHT to advance, to go, to proceed → obs.
1303 — VANCE → VAUNCE to advance → obs.
1583 — HAGGLE to advance with difficulty and obstruction
1605 — ADVANT to advance → obs.
1660 — VADE to advance, to proceed → obs.
1684 — HEAD IT to advance, to make head → obs.
1768 — GAIN ONE’S WAY to advance, to make progress → obs.
1775 — THROUGH to advance, to go on; to carry through → Sc.
1777 — FALL UP to advance → Eng. dial.
1839 — ADMOVE to advance, to promote → obs.
1899 — GO WITH A BUZZ to advance rapidly or ‘swimmingly’
1911 — BRACEL → BRACHLE to advance hastily and noisily → Sc. (Bk.)
1983 — SNURGLE to advance with caution; to craw forward → UK sl.
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