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Advocates

ˈæd.və.keɪt
noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform
verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly

Advocating

ˈæd.və.keɪt
verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly
noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform

Adynamic

ˌeɪ.daɪˈnæm.ɪk
adjective

Originally: resulting in or characterized by weakness or debility; specifically designating fevers, especially typhus and typhoid, which have a marked debilitating effect (now rare). in later use: specifically exhibiting, characterized by, or resulting from reduced or absent muscular contraction.

Adz

ædz
noun

A tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood.

Usage examples:

Tools consist now of bone, wood and stone, made up as an adze, knife blade, borer, arrow or spearhe…
verb

Cut away the surface of (a piece of wood) with an adze.

Usage examples:

By the time it has been adzed out, you will only have a small edge to clean up

Adze

ædz
noun

A tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood.

Usage examples:

Tools consist now of bone, wood and stone, made up as an adze, knife blade, borer, arrow or spearhe…
verb

Cut away the surface of (a piece of wood) with an adze.

Usage examples:

By the time it has been adzed out, you will only have a small edge to clean up

Adzes

ædz
noun

A tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood.

Usage examples:

Tools consist now of bone, wood and stone, made up as an adze, knife blade, borer, arrow or spearhe…
verb

Cut away the surface of (a piece of wood) with an adze.

Usage examples:

By the time it has been adzed out, you will only have a small edge to clean up

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