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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vantage \Van"tage\, v. t.
To profit; to aid. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[.a]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE
avantage, fr F. avantage. See {Advantage}.]
1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;
profit; advantage. [R.]
O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak.
2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce.
Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage
in when the receiver, or striker out wins, it is
called vantage out
{To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of to be in a
more favorable condition than ``He had them at vantage,
being tired and harassed with a long march.'' --Bacon.
{Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place the place or
condition which gives one an advantage over another. ``The
vantage ground of truth. --Bacon.
It is these things that give him his actual
standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
looks around him --I. Taylor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vantage
n 1: place or situation affording some advantage (especially a
comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
2: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position;
"he experience gave him the advantage over me" [syn: {advantage}]
[ant: {disadvantage}]
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