Ad*van"tage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Advantaging (&?;).]
[F. avantager, fr.
avantage. See Advance.] To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.
The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.
Fuller.
What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Luke ix.
25.
To advantage one's self of,
to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
Ad*van"tage (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant
before. See Advance, and cf. Vantage.]
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy
had the advantage of a more elevated position.
Give me advantage of some brief discourse.
Shak.
The advantages of a close alliance.
Macaulay.
2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
Lest Satan should get an
advantage of us.
2 Cor. ii.
11.
3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
4.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]
And with advantage means to pay thy love.
Shak.
Advantage ground,
vantage ground.
[R.] Clarendon. --
To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal knowledge of one who does not have
a reciprocal knowledge. "You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have
had the honor." Sheridan. -- To
take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a
bad sense) to overreach, to outwit.
Syn. -- Advantage,
Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial. We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial, when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits of early discipline; the beneficial effects
of adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as advantageous, when it affords us the
means of getting forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for further effort. Hence, there is a difference between the benefits and the advantages of early education; between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of money.
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