Advance, vb. 1) tr. a) to bring forward, to make to go on: your eyes a. straight back to France, H5V Chor. H5 II, 1, 40 “towards which a. the war,” Mcb. V, 4, 21.
b) to lift, to raise: “a. that phraseless hand,” Compl. 225. “the fringed curtains of thine eye a.” Tp. I, 2, 408. “a. their eyelids,” IV, 177. “how he jets under his --d plumes,” Tw. II, 5, 36. “never war a. his bleeding sword,” H5 V, 2, 382. H6A II, 2, 5. R3 I, 2, 40. Troil. IV, 5, 188. Cor. I, 6, 61. II, 1, 178. Tit. II, 1, 125. Rom. II, 3, 5. Used of standards, == to wave: “I must a. the colours of my love,” Wiv. III, 4, 85. “a. your standards,” LLL IV, 3, 367. “these flags of France, that are --d here,” John II, 207. H5 II, 2, 192. H6A I, 6, 1. H6BIV, 1, 98. R3V, 3, 264, V, 3, 264 Rom. V, 3, 96.
c) to raise to a higher worth and dignity: “my low-declined honour to a.” Lucr. 1705. “thou art all my art and dost a. as high as learning my rude ignorance,” Sonn. 78, 13. Tp. I, 2, 80. Alls IV, 5, 6. Tw. I, 4, 2. H4B I, 3, 7. IV, 5, 207. H6A III, 1, 31. H8 III, 2, 417. Cor. II, 2, 60. Tit. I, 238. Tit. I, 238 Tit. I, 238 II, 1, 4. IV, 2, 34. IV, 2, 34 Rom. IV, 5, 72. Tim. I, 2, 176. Hml. III, 2, 215. Lr. V, 3, 28. Per. I, 1, 154. IV, 4, 14.
d) to bring to view, to show: “a. their pride against that power,” Ado III, 1, 10. “every one his lovefeat will a. unto his mistress,” LLL V, 2, 123. “you do a. your cunning more and more,” Mids. III, 2, 128.
2) intr. to march forward: Cor. I, 4, 25.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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