vantage (2 by far the most freq. sense)
1.
superior
position, superiority
MND. I. i. 102
“as fairly rank'd If not
with ,”
H5 III. vi. 156
“an enemy of craft and
,”
Lucr. 249
“Urging . . . for ”
(=putting in the most favourable light); phr.
2H4 II. iii. 53
“get ground and of the
king,”
H5 IV. i. 300
“Had the fore-hand and
vantage of a king.”
2.
opportunity, =
ADVANTAGE 1, Gent. I. iii. 82, IV. i. 29,
Shr. III. ii. 147
“watch our ,”
1H6 IV. v. 28
“for ”
(=to get a good opportunity), Cor. V. v. [vi.] 54
“at your , . . . let him feel
your sword,”
Mac. I. ii. 31
“surveying ,”
I. vi. 7
“coign of ”
(=convenient corner), Ham. V. ii. 404,
Cym. I. iii. 24
“With his next ,”
Ven. 635 [the boar] “having thee at ” (=in a position
favourable to himself).
3.
benefit, profit, gain
John II. i. 550,
Cor. I. i. 166
“to win some ,”
Cym. V. v. 199
“for my ,
excellent,”
Sonn. lxxxviii. 12.
4.
“of , to the ,” in addition,
besides Ham. III. iii. 33, Oth. IV. iii.
87.
