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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Advantage \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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: advantaged adj : blessed with advantages; "she is more advantaged than her cousin"; "born into the favored classes" [syn: {favored}]
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