Avocate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Avocate \Av"o*cate\, v. t. [L. avocatus, p. p. of avocare; a, ab
     + vocare to call. Cf. {Avoke}, and see {Vocal}, a.]
     To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another
     tribunal. [Obs. or Archaic]
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           One who avocateth his mind from other occupations.
                                                    --Barrow.
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           He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome.
                                                    --Robertson.
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