LekhoriLekhoriSuperiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us.
to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe.
to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely ...
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No man of courage vouchsafeth to advantage himselfe [translating s'avantager] of that which is common unto many.