Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Avocative

/(ȧ*vō"kȧ*tĭv)/ · A·vo·ca·tive · IPA

01 a. Calling off.

1.
Calling off.[Obs.]

02 n. That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

1.
That which calls aside; a dissuasive.