† avokev.
Obsolete.
1. To call away. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)]
fortogglea1300
to call away1529
scatter1530
forhale1579
to draw away1586
diffuse?1587
to call off1606
divert1609
to put out1616
avoke1623
disjoint1628
to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631
to draw off1646
divertise1648
to take off1670
dissipate1684
to turn off1741
to throw out1821
to turn away1848
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Auoke, to call [printed fall] from, or backe againe.
1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 219 Absence..not much remarked..if their negligence or adoes or miscontent did avocke them.
2. = advoke v., advocate v. 1.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]
to bear upeOE
underbearc950
bearOE
holdc1000
weighc1200
to hold up1297
upholda1300
sustainc1330
undersetc1330
comforta1382
underbear1382
upbear1390
sustaina1398
upkeepc1412
carrya1425
supporta1425
chargea1500
convey1514
avoke1529
confirm1542
stay1548
to carry up1570
bolster1581
lift1590
upstay1590
atlas1593
sustent1605
statuminatea1628
firm1646
appui1656
establish1664
shoulder1674
to keep up1681
upheave1729
withhold1769
1529 Dr. Bennet To Wolsey in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. Rec. 80 Dangers to follow, both to himself and to the See Apostolick, if his Holiness..should avoke the cause.
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