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of U. S. Constitutional provisions require an amendment, as with the repeal of prohibition in which the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment. 2) n. the act of annulling a statute.
The 21st amendment repeals the 18th amendment in 1933, and today we call the period that the 18th Amendment was law Prohibition. The 18th amendment was not always unpopular. In fact, some states had already banned alcohol before the 18th amendment.