That his advances should be rejected so brusquely without any reference to the lady’s own wishes and that the lady should accept the situation without protest is very amazing.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— to accelerate the growth or progress of
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— progress or an instance of progress in science, technology, human knowledge etc
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Other Word Forms
advance
advanced
advancing
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1 use of ‘advances’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle