(1):
(v. t.) To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
(4):
(n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
(5):
(n.) Superiority; mastery; - with of or over.