[f. ADVANCE v. + -ING1.] Moving forward, or forwarding; promotion, advancement. (Now mostly gerundial, in various senses of ADVANCE.)
1388. On 25 Articles, in Wyclif’s Wks., 1871, III. 470. Temporale avaunsyng of sum one man.
1413. Lydg., Pylgr. Sowle, II. xlv. (1859), 51. For theyr fyers condycions of prowde auancynge they ben caste a bak in to endeles dampnacion.
1541. Barnes, Wks. (1573), 343/1. The practysyng and aduauncing of Idolatry.
1549. Compl. Scotl. (1873), 2. The contenual auansing of the deffens of oure cuntre.
1655. Gouge, Hebrews i. 5. 37. He did not usurp it by a proud advancing of himself.
Mod. The fact of your advancing such strange opinions hinders us from advancing your cause.
