advancer (advanser),

avaunser; advancingly (ad-van's ing-li), adv. In an ad vancing manner; progre ively. advancive (ad-van's iv), a. [Irreg. The latter. will be more advancive of individual in terest than of the public welfare. Washington, in Bancroft's Hist. Const., I. 416. IMG:content-0305.png:[blocks in formation] Yet hath Sir Proteus, for that's his name, Made use and fair advantage of his days. Shak ., T. G. of V., ii. 4. 4t. Usury; interest; increase. Methought you said, you neither lend nor borrow Upon advantage . Shak., M. of V., i. 3. And with advantage means to pay thy love. Shak., K. John, iii. 3. 51. A thirteenth article added to a dozen, making what is commonly known as a baker's dozen. If the Scripture be for reformation, and Antiquity to boot, it is but an advantage to the dozen. Milton , Ref. in Eng., i. 6. In lawn - tennis, the first point gained after deuce. Commonly called vantage. See lawn tennis. To advantage, with good effect; advantageously. To have the advantage of, to have superiority over; be in a more favorable position than; in particular, to know without being known; have a personal knowledge that is not reciprocal: as, you have the advantage of me. To play upon advantaget, to cheat. To take advantage of. (a) To avail one's self of; profit by in a legitimate way. (b) To overreach or impose upon. (c) To utilize as a means toward overreaching or imposition. The restrictions both on masters and servants were so severe as to prevent either from taking advantage of the nece ities of the other. Froude , Sketches, p. 146. = Syn. 1 and 3. Advantage, Benefit, Utility, Profit, help, vantage-ground, good, service. Advantage is the po e ion of a good vantage-ground for the attainment of ulterior objects of desire: as, he has the advantage of a good education. Benefit is a more immediate and realized good: as, a chief is usefulne the improvements they in the practical utility of an education is a small part of the benefit derived from it. Profit signifies gain, with a suggestion of trade or exchange. litt man may have good advantages, but derive from them benefit or profit; even utility to him may be small. IMG:content-0306.png:[blocks in formation] The importance of the American revolution, and the means of making it a benefit to the world. Washington, Letter to Dr. Price. An undertaking of enormous labour and yet of only very partial utility . F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 36. What profit lies in barren faith? Tennyson, In Memoriam, cviii. advantage (ad-van'tāj), v.; pret. and pp. ad vantaged , ppr. advantaging . [ avan tage , avantagier , later avan tager, "to advantage, give advantage unto," etc. (Cotgrave); from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To benefit; be of service to; yield profit or gain to. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke ix. 25. If trade pinches the mind, commerce liberalizes it; and Boston was also advantaged with the neighborhood of the country's oldest college, which maintained the wholesome traditions of culture. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 96. 21. To gain ground or win acceptance for; promote or further. [Rare.] The Stoics that opinioned the souls of wise men dwelt about the moon, and those of fools wandered about the earth, advantaged the conceit of this effect. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 3t. To increase, as by interest. Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happine . Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. IMG:content-0307.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0308.png:[blocks in formation] advantageable (ad-van'tāj-a-bl), a. [Early mod. E. a vantage able; It is advantageable to a physician to be called to the cure of declining disease. Sir J. Hayward. advantage-ground (ad - vàn′tāj - ground), n. Vantage-ground. Clarendon. advantageous (ad-van-tā'jus), a. [Formerly advantagious; Between these colonies and the mother country, a very advantageous traffic was at first carried on. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxv. It is evident that they [changes in color] are under the control of the fish, and therefore advantageous . Science, IV. 339. = Syn. Helpful, serviceable, favorable, remunerative. advantageously (ad-van-tā'jus-li), adv. In an advantageous manner; with advantage; profitabły; usefully; conveniently. It was advantageously situated, there being an easy pa age from it to India by sea. Arbuthnot . life. Their mother is evidently not without hopes of seeing one, at least [of her daughters), advantageously settled in Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 184. advantageousne (ad-van-tā'jus-nes), n. The quality or state of being advantageous; profitablene ; usefulne ; convenience. The last property, which qualifies God for the fittest object of our love, is, the advantageousne of His to us, both in the present and the future life. Boyle , Works, 1. 279. advect it i ous (ad-vek-tish'us), a. [L. advec titi us, prop. advecticius, brought to a place from a distance, foreign,