GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Advantage , n. [OE. avantage, avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See Advance, and cf. Vantage.]
- Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.1913 Webster
Give me advantage of some brief discourse.
Shak.1913 WebsterThe advantages of a close alliance.
Macaulay.1913 Webster - Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.1913 Webster
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.
2 Cor. ii. 11.1913 Webster - Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.1913 Webster
- Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]1913 Webster
And with advantage means to pay thy love.
Shak.1913 Webster - (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce.PJC
Advantage ground, vantage ground. [R.] Clarendon. -- To have the advantage of (any one), to have a personal knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge. “You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to have had the honor.” Sheridan. -- To take advantage of, to profit by; (often used in a bad sense) to overreach, to outwit.
1913 WebsterSyn. -- Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial. We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial, when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits of early discipline; the beneficial effects of adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting forward, and places us on a “vantage ground” for further effort. Hence, there is a difference between the benefits and the advantages of early education; between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of money.
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- Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
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Advantage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advantaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Advantaging .] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See Advance.] To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.1913 Webster
The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.
Fuller.1913 WebsterWhat is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Luke ix. 25.1913 WebsterTo advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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Turn , v. i.
- To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.1913 Webster
The gate . . . on golden hinges turning.
Milton.1913 Webster - Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.1913 Webster
Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.
Swift.1913 Webster - To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.1913 Webster
If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage.
Wake.1913 Webster - To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.1913 Webster
Turn from thy fierce wrath.
Ex. xxxii. 12.1913 WebsterTurn ye, turn ye from your evil ways.
Ezek. xxxiii. 11.1913 WebsterThe understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.
Locke.1913 Webster - To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Muslim.1913 Webster
I hope you have no intent to turn husband.
Shak.1913 WebsterCygnets from gray turn white.
Bacon.1913 Webster - To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.1913 Webster
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(a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
1913 Webster(b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
1913 WebsterI'll look no more;
Lest my brain turn.Shak.1913 Webster(c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
1913 Webster(d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.
1913 Webster(e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.
1913 Webster(f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
1913 Webster - (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.1913 Webster
To turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around. -- To turn again, to come back after going; to return. Shak. -- To turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to. -- To turn aside or To turn away. (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate. (b) To depart; to remove. (c) To avert one's face. -- To turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction; to retrace one's steps. -- To turn in. (a) To bend inward. (b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment. (c) To go to bed. [Colloq.] -- To turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a side street. -- To turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as, the road turns off to the left. -- To turn on or To turn upon. (a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger. (b) To reply to or retort. (c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition. -- To turn out. (a) To move from its place, as a bone. (b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out. (c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.] (d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to the fire. (e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the crops turned out poorly. -- To turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to tumble. -- To turn round. (a) To change position so as to face in another direction. (b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or party to another. -- To turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to refer to. “Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all occasions.” Locke. -- To turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while. -- To turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under. -- To turn up. (a) To bend, or be doubled, upward. (b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur; to happen.
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- To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.