Attentive. / Not inadvertent; intentional.

(linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference. / (linguistics) Expressing adverse effect.

(rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.

Archaic spelling of advancement.

(sciences) A side-effect, especially a negative one in pharmacology.

Abbreviation of advertisement.

(intransitive) To profit from a situation deliberately. / To make use of something.

Before; ahead of.

One who advances or puts forward. / (bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall. / A second branch of a buck's antler.

To use or make use of. / To exploit, for example sexually.