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Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. Young.

Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. Sir P. Sidney.

Progress; advancement.

To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding. [Poetic] At last our grating keels outslide. Whittier.

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson.

An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

h it is not lawful for me to reveal. Bacon. It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community. L'Estrange.

To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.

his pointed dart Explores the nearest passage to his heart. Dryden. The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia. South.

Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. Sir P. Sidney. His passport is his innocence and grace. Dryden.

the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.

nx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton. The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. Pope.

its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.

To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.

The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.] Pilot balloon, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind. -- Pilot bird. (Zoöl.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; - - so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. Crabb. (b) T…

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. Shak.…

serves to amuse. A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. Locke.