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    Vantage \Van"tage\ (v[.a]n"t[asl]j; 48), n. [Aphetic form of OE.
    avantage, fr. F. avantage. See {Advantage}.]
    1. superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain;
    profit; advantage. [R.]

    O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! --Shak.

    2. (Lawn Tennis) The first point after deuce.

    Note: When the server wins this point, it is called vantage
    in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is
    called vantage out.

    {To have at vantage}, to have the advantage of; to be in a
    more favorable condition than. ``He had them at vantage,
    being tired and harassed with a long march.'' --Bacon.

    {Vantage ground}, superiority of state or place; the place or
    condition which gives one an advantage over another. ``The
    vantage ground of truth. --Bacon.

    It is these things that give him his actual
    standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he
    looks around him. --I. Taylor.

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