vant

n. [ Aphetic form of OE. avantage, fr. F. avantage. See Advantage. ] 1. Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A position offering a superior view of a scene or situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from the vantage of hindsight; also called vantage point. [ PJC ]

3. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce; advantage{ 5 }. [ Brit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is called vantage out. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ] It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To profit; to aid. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Lawn Tennis) The first game after the set is deuce. See Set, n., 9. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A point giving advantage; vantage ground. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. avant fore + bras arm: cf. F. brassard armor for the arm, brace, forearm. Cf. Vambrace. ] (Anc. Armor) Armor for the arm; vambrace. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]