advancing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of advance

noun

  1. The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
    […] who feels, not as even the kindest and the holiest friend on earth can feel towards our patient endurance, our shortcomings, or our slow advancings […] 1839, Henry Blunt, A practical exposition of the epistles to the Seven Churches, page 52

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