'To have at vantage' definitions:
Definition of 'To have at vantage'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [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]
- Note: 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]