Van"tage (v&adot;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.
&fist; 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.
Van"tage, v. t. To profit; to aid.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Van"tage (v&adot;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.
&fist; 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.
Van"tage, v. t. To profit; to aid.
[Obs.] Spenser.
