v. Obs. [a. MFr. advoque-r, earlier avoque-r, ad. L. advocā-re to call to, f. ad to + vocāre to call. Cf. convoke, revoke, provoke, etc.] To call to oneself, to summon. esp. To summon a cause to a higher from an inferior tribunal. The same as ADVOCATE v.1 in Sc. Law.
1533. Bp. Bonner, in Froude’s Hist. Eng., II. 147. His Holiness … would not have advoked the matter at all, but been content that it should have been determined and ended in your realm.
1535. Shaxton, in Strype, Eccl. Mem. (1832), I. II. lxi. 224. If yee advoking this matter into your hands, by that means bear the abbot in his evil dealing.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., V. 175. By this time Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the Pope, to advoke the cause to Rome.
