Ad*vanced" (&?;), a.
1. In the van or front.
2. In the front
or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
3. Far on
in life or time.
A gentleman advanced
in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles.
Hawthorne.
Advanced
guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the
main body.
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