advance verb [ I/T ] (MOVE FORWARD) âº to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something: [ T ] Research has advanced our understanding of the virus. [ I ] Tonightâs winner advances to the semifinals.
repeal. 1) v. to annul an existing law, by passage of a repealing statute, or by public vote on a referendum. Repeal of U. S. Constitutional provisions require an amendment, as with the repeal of prohibition in which the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. 2) n. the act of annulling a statute.
repeal. 1  to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant. 2  to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment; abrogate. 3  the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.