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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Vantage

/(vȧn"tā̇j; 48)/ · Van·tage · IPA /ˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/
01 n. Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
  1. 1.
    Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.[R.]
    “O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!” Shak.
  2. 2.
    A position offering a superior view of a scene or situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from the vantage of hindsight; also called vantage point. Also: vantage point
  3. 3.
    The first point scored after deuce; advantage{5}.(Tennis) [Brit.]
    “It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him.” I. Taylor.
02 v. t. To profit; to aid.
  1. 1.
    To profit; to aid.[Obs.]