[f. ADVANCE v. + -ING2.] Moving forward, approaching, progressing, increasing.
1801. Southey, Thalaba, VI. xxviii. Wks. IV. 233. And unveil’d women bade the advancing youth, Come merry-make with them!
1849. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., II. 50. Advancing age had made no essential change in his character.
1862. H. Spencer, First Princ., I. i. § 2 (1875), 6. With advancing political opinion has come still greater restriction of imperial power.
Mod. Heedless of the advancing tide.
