advancing

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advancing

  1. present participle and gerund of advance
    • 1951 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 832:
      [] and although my invitation extended to both runs, advancing years dictated that 3 hr. 20 min. on the footplate was more than adequate, so that I chose the northbound run only; []

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advancing (plural advancings)

  1. The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
    • 1839, Henry Blunt, A practical exposition of the epistles to the Seven Churches, page 52:
      [] who feels, not as even the kindest and the holiest friend on earth can feel towards our patient endurance, our shortcomings, or our slow advancings []