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VANTAGE.<br />

x6ia in Plomer Abstracts fr IVilh of En^. Printers<br />

(1903) 45 To twelve Poore people . .one penny loafe and Twoe<br />

pence a peece and the vauntage loafe to the Gierke there.<br />

1808 Scott Marm. vi. ii, Bulwark,, .bastion, tower, and<br />

vantage-coign, a i86i Clough Relig. Poems ii. 85 Quick<br />

seizure and fast unrelaxing hold of vantage-place. 1865<br />

J. H. Ikgraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 322 Terrace.'!, house-<br />

tops,—every vantage-point—were crowded thickly with<br />

spectators. 1885 J. H. Dell Dawning Grey, Prefatory^<br />

Some last vantage-ditch of wrong. 189a Pall Mall G.<br />

7 July 6/1 The Londoners equalized and made another<br />

'vantage' set necessary, /^i*/., The Irishmen gained the<br />

' vantage ' game every time.<br />

Vantage (va-nted^), V, Also 5 vauntagyn, 6<br />

-age. [f. prec, or ad. OF. vantager (Palsgr,).]<br />

1. trans. To profit or benefit (one). Now only<br />

arch. Cf. Advantage v, 4.<br />

cx^Promp. Part'. (Winch.), Forderyn,. .or vauntagyn.<br />

1530 Palsgr. 765/1 What dothe it vauntage you to go so<br />

often ovdr-see? 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 49 Needlesse feare<br />

did neuer vantage none. 1596 Edtv. Ill, n. i, Vf nothing<br />

but that losse may vantage you, I would accompt that losse<br />

my vauntage to. a 1618 Sylvester Job Triumphant iv.<br />

227 What will it vantage mee, What shall I gain, if 1 from<br />

sin be free? 1813 Scott Betrothed xxi\. To keep him as a<br />

captive might vantage them more in many degrees, than<br />

could his death. 1891 C. E. Norton Dofite's Purgat. xiii,<br />

66 What hath it vantaged thee to make of me a screen ?<br />

refl. 1581 J.;Bell Haddon's Ansvj. Osor. i86 They vauntage<br />

themselves nothyng by this distinction. 1598 Barret<br />

Theor. Warres i. ii. 13 Thereby to aduance and vantage<br />

bimselfe.<br />

1 2. intr. To make gain or profit, Obs."^<br />

1563 FoxK A.9f M. 11/1 The commen saying of. .naughty<br />

wemen, which say, they vantage more in one holy day, then<br />

in L. other dales besides.<br />

Hence Va-ntag-ed///. a,, f increased, augmented.<br />

1578 Banister Hist. Man Pref. 7 That. .with the testimonie<br />

of a cleare conscience, we may render our vauntaged<br />

talentes vnto the high Auditour.<br />

t Va'Zltaffeable, a* Obs, rare* Also 6<br />

vantish-. Ti. prec] Advantageous, profitable.<br />

1570 FoxE A.

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