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avocare

1 avocare v. advocare
2 avocare [CL] , to divert, distract, banish. contigit ‥ ut ‥ dominus ‥ placidum ab oculis somnum curis deditus ~aret Chr. Rams. 141; s1099 nec ‥ quisquam respectu prede ~avit animum quin ceptum persequerentur triumphum W. Malm. GR IV 370; canum cursibus ~ari Id. GP I 44; s1171 quia longius ab urbe Romana maneret et ipse aliis regni sui negotiis ~aretur Becket Mat. IV 167.

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