V'ANTAGE, noun [Latin venio. See Advantage and Van.] 1. Gain; profit. obsolete 2. Superiority; state in which one has better means of action or defense than another. [This, I believe, is used only in the compound, vantage-ground.] 3. Opportunity; convenience. obsolete V'ANTAGE, verb transitive To profit. [Not in use.]
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