Ăv'o-cāte, v. t.

v. t. [Lat. avocare, from ab, a, from, and vocare, to call. See VOCAL.] To call off or away; to withdraw. [Obs. or rare.]

One who . . . avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow.

He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson.