Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 155 (MED) Feithful clerkis..shulen preche and write..agens symonie and auauncynge of vnable men to the cure of soulis.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 183 (MED) Sellynge of hym was occasioun and cause of his hiȝe avaunsynge.

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 124 (MED) Messengers shall nede to be honerably accompanyed..ffor the avaunsynge off þe maters ffor wich thai shalbe sende.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. xlv. 51 For theyr fyers condycions of prowde auauncynge they ben caste a bak in to endeles dampnacion.

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 343/1 The practysyng and aduauncing of Idolatry.

1592 W. Wyrley True Vse Armorie 23 The bearing of Armes, raising and aduauncing of Standerds, Banners and Ensignes.

1601 G. de Malynes Treat. Canker Englands Commonw. ii. 78 The aduancing of the price of their coyne.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 5) i. 37 He did not usurp it by a proud advancing of himself.

1715 J. Holland Ruine Bank of Eng. 2 What ever the Government may be forc'd to give for advancing of Money..is a down-right Loss.

1753 E. Carter Hist. Univ. Cambr. vi.112 For the farther advancing of Learning, the Revenues were increased by several well disposed Persons.

1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan III. iv. 114 There were advancings into line, while the artillery already in position..lay ready to pour forth a tempest of iron.

1869 Med. Times & Gaz. 13 Feb. 167/2 The advancing of the disease in the other lung.

1921 R. L. Adams Farm Managem. iii. xxvi. 633 Much of the advancing of men is done by personal effort. A family friend hears of an opening and recommends you for trial.

1976 Philos. Rev. 85 53 Reason-giving is not just another independent activity alongside the advancing of views.

2003 H.-J. Butt et al. Physics & Chem. of Interfaces vii. 133 Spontaneous spreading..is the advancing of a liquid on a solid surface towards thermodynamic equilibrium.

1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 121^v Dominus exaltans. Domini exaltatio: The aduaunsing Lord. The Lords heith.

1616 T. Gainsford Secretaries Studie 84 I request you, hold vp so far an aduancing hand of supportation, that I may wade through the current of these troubles, and land on the banke of securitie and contentment.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 28 Now advancing Night the Sky invades, While close pursu'd by the Victorious Shades.

1717 N. Griffith The Leek: a Poem 23 Soon again recov'ring to his Feet, Hasted th' advancing Enemy to meet.

1791 J. Byng Diary 7 July in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 373 The sight..delighted the Coll, more than an advancing storm did me.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. 45 And unveiled women bade the advancing youth Come merry-make with them.

1860 U.S. Jrnl. Homœopathy 1 501 This malignant pestilence of the wilderness has been driven from nearly all its old territories by the advancing tide of agricultural improvement.

1910 H. S. Johnson Williams on Service i. 7 He had kept pace with the advancing line of searchers.

2007 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 126/1 Mirage jets..fired warning shots at the advancing column, but nothing would slow it down.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) To Rdr. sig. A2 It was set downe many yeares past, and was the sense of my conception at that time, not an immutable law unto my advancing judgement at all times. View more context for this quotation

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom sig. d4^v Admonish'd thus, and repossess't anew Of Freedom, Peace, and my Protection too, Career it on with an advancing hast, Let one days Joy exceed all Ages past.

1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. ii. vi. 271 Particle A shall move against B with an advancing pace.

1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 60 With what superabundant population the first fructuation of an advancing society is loaded.

1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 615/1 Who, in these days of rapidly advancing democracy, can say that government is and can be no business of his?

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. i. §2. 6 With advancing political opinion has come still greater restriction of imperial power.

1889 Washington Post 16 June 7/5 The advancing price of..Railroad stock has been one of the events of the week.

1909 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 309 The change in English character that has accompanied advancing intellect during the last half-century has probably been too rapid to be wholesome.

2007 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 1 Aug. 8 The rapidly changing and advancing fields of IT and communication science.

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. i. xii. 104 An Amphytheater which has controll'd Unheeded conquests of advancing Age.

1696 E. S. Rowe Poems on Several Occasions 34 What if my Youth, in Wits and Beautys bloom Shou'd promise many a flatt'ring Year to come: Tho' Death shou'd pass the beauteous Flourisher, Advancing Time wou'd all its Glory marr.

1750 Gentleman's Mag. July 326/2 Serious cares, Creep on us with advancing years.

1793 T. Pennant Lit. Life 41 None of these books are to be printed in my life-time; but to rest on my shelves, the amusement of my advancing age.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 50 Advancing age had made no essential change in his character.

1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 233 Presbyopia or Long Sight is one of the first of the legion of troubles which advancing years bring upon all of us.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xi. 97 Because of his advancing age—he is in his deep eighties—he has surrendered control.

2001 Guardian 2 Jan. ii. 9/2 Half of all people over 60 have hearing loss due to advancing years.

1835 G. Field Chromatogr. ix. 72 Yellow is the first of the primary or simple colours, nearest in relation to, and partaking most of the nature of, the neutral white; it is accordingly a most advancing colour, of great power in reflecting light.

1876 S. R. Koehler tr. W. von Bezold Theory of Color v. 197 Another point to which attention must be called concerns the advancing and retiring qualities of certain colors.

1908 J. A. H. Hatt Colorist vii. 41 Beside the distinction of luminous and sober in colors, we also have the attributes of warm and cold, also advancing and retiring.

1958 Listener 24 July 131/2 This is well known to artists, who call red an advancing, and blue a receding colour.

1997 M. C. Miller Color for Interior Archit. 12 Although a highly saturated yellow is the most advancing of all hues, olive drab—a low value, low saturation yellow—is so receding that the army uses it for camouflage.