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Show ADY ADY ~ feGual to adwance the nature of man to its highef perfeCtion, than thefe precepts of Chriftianity Tillotfon 4 Toheighten; to grace ; to give luftre to As the calling dignifies the man, fo the ma As a garmuch more adwances his calling ment, though it warms the body, has a retur with an advantage, being much more warmed b it 5. To forward; to accelerate South's Sermons Thefe three laft were flower than the ordinar Indian wheat of itfelf; and this culture did rathe - Bacon retard than adwance 6. To propofe; tooffer to the publick; t bring to view or notice Phedon I hight, queth he, and do adwanc Fairy Queen My anceftry from famous Coradin 1 dare not adwance my opinion againit the judgment of fo great an author ; but I think it fair t Dryden %eave the decifion to the publick Some ne'er adwance a judgment of their own But catch the fpreading notion of the town. Pope 90 Apva'NcE. . 7 1. To come forward At this the youth, whofe vent'rous fou No fears of magick art controul Adwvanc'd in open fight Parnel 2. To make improvement They who would adwance in knowledge, an not deceive and {well themfelves with a little articulated air, thould not take words for real entitie in nature, till they can frame clear and diftiné ideas of thofe entities Locke Apva'NcE, n /. [from To advance. 3. The a& of coming forward All the foot were put into Abington, with a refolution to quit, or defend, the town, accordin #o the manner of the enemy's adwance towards it Clarendon So, like the fun's advance, your titles thow ‘Which, as he rifes, does the warmer grow. #Waller 2. A tendency to come forward to meet lover ; an at of invitation In vain thofe eyes would love impart Not all th' advances, all the fmiles Can move one unrelenting heart His genius was belo Walp. ‘The fkill of ev'ry common beau ‘Who, though he cannot fpell, is wif Enough to read a lady's eyes And will each accidental glanc Interpret for a kind adwvance Savift He has defcribed the unworthy paffion of th goddefs Calypfo, and the indecent adwances fh made to detain him from his own country. Pope That prince applied himfelf firft to the Churc of England, and upon their refufal to fall in wit his meafures, made the like adwvances to the Diffenters Savift progreflion rif point to another fro on Our Saviour raifed the ruler's daughter, the widow's fon, and Lazarus; the firft of thefe, when fh had juft expired ; the fecond, as he was carried t the grave on his bier; and the third, after he ha been fome time buried And having, by thef gradual gdwances manifefted his divine power, h at laft exerted the higheft and moft glorious degre of it ; and raifed himfelf alfo by his own all-quickening virtue, and according to his own exprefs pre diétion Arterbury Men of ftudy and thought, that reafon right and are lovers of truth, do make no great adwvance in their difcoveries of it Locke 4. Improvement fettion progrefs towards per The principle and obje of the greateft impoctance in the world to the good of mankind, and fo the adwance and perfe@ing of human nature, Hale ApVA'NCEMENT. 7 /. [avancement, Fr. 1. The a& of coming forward Thi refinemen make dail t g u n l o i r l w m t i and, I hop Savift the utmoft perfetion i b o 2. The ftat The Percies of tl.'ne Nor Tinding his ufurpation moft unjuit n r t t t m ' ndeavou Shakefpearc 3. The a& of advancing another In his own grace he doth exalt himfel More than in your advancement Shakefpeare's King Lear to a highe 4. Improvement; promotio ftate of excellence unt it unwelcom Nor can we conceiv thof rnle o e e n w a th o a d e w es th wo s ou Er a l V ' ws Br ing 5. Settlement on a wife now difufed fenfe i Thi The jointure or advancementof the lady, was th Bacon third part of the principality of Wales H Apva'ncER. #. f. [from advance that advances any thing; a promoter forwarder Soon after the death of a great officer, who wa judged no adwvancer of the king's matters', the kin faid to his folicitor, Tell me truly, what fay yo Bacon of your coufin that is gone The reporters are greater advancers of defamatory defigns, than the very firft contrivers Gowernment of the Tongue ADVA'NTAGE. n. /. [avantage, Fr. 1. Superiority ; often with gf or ower before a perfon In the praétical prudence of managing fuch gifts the laity may have fome advantage over the clergy whofe experience is, and ought to be, lefs of thi Sprat world than the other All other forts and feéts of men would evidentl have the adwvantage of us, and a much furer titl Atterbury to happinefs than we 2. Superiority gained by ftratagem o advancements The common law hath left them this benefit whereof they make advantage, and wreft it t / their bad purpofes Spenfer's State nf Ireland But fpecially he took adwantage of the night fo fuch privy attempts, infomuch that the bruit o his manlinefs was {pread every where. 2 Macc.viii. 7 Grea malice backe a grea wit intereft yet can have no adwantage of a man, but from hi own expe@ations of fomething that is without him South's Sermons As foon as he was got to Sicily, they fent fo him back; defigning to take adwantage, and profecute him in the abfence of his friends Seawif? 3. Opportunity; convenience Give me advantag of fome brief difcourf With Defdemona alone Shakefpeare 4. Favourable circumftances Like jewels to advantage fet Her beauty by the fhade does get Waller A face, which is over=fluthed, appears to adwantage in the deepeft fcarlet; and the darkef complexion is not a little alleviated by a blac hood Addifon True wit is nature to advantage drefs'd ‘What oft was thought ‘( There is a foul counts thee her cfe&itor} And with adwvantage means to pay thy love, Shakefsenpn You faid, you neither lend nor borrow )W Upon adwantage 8. Preponderation on one fide of the Com parifon th o confideratio th fhoul Much mor pattern arm us with patience againft ordinary ; lamities ; efpecially if we confider his examy with this advantage, that though his fuferin were wholly undeferved, and not for himfel f T for us, yet he bore them patiently . a. [from the n Zo. Apva'NTAGE 1. To benefit o to my lady: it hal Convey whatI fet dow advantage more than ever the bearing of lett S bflk{/ifit'(m The trial hath endamag'd thee no way, Rather more honour left, and more efteem Me naught adwantag'd, mifling what I aim'd Milt The great bufinefs of the fenfes being to ma!flz us take notice of what hurts or advantage th body it is wifel ordere by nature, that pai thould accompany the reception of feveral idess Locke We fhould have purfued fome other way, mo: effeftual, for diftrefling the common enemy, an adwvantaging ourfelves Swif 2. To promote ; to brin gain ground to forward; t The froics that opinioned the fouls of wife me dwelt about the moon, and thofe of fools wander ed about the earth, advantaged the conceit of thi Brown's Vulgar Erraus effect To ennoble it with the fpirit that infpires th Royal Society, were to adwantage it in one of th beft capacities in which it is improveable Glanwille's Scepfis Scientifia ADVA'NTAGEABLE. adj. [from advar tage.] Profitable; convenient ; gainful As it is adwantageable to a phyfician to be called to the cure of declining difeafe fo it is for commander to {upprefs a fedition which has pafed the height Sir F. Hayward Apva'NTAGED. adj. [from Yo adva tage.] Poflefled of advantages; commodioudly fituated or difpofed In the moft advantaged tempers, this difpofitio is but comparative ; whereas the moft of men k nothing can fi Glanvil bour under difadvantages, whic them of 7. /i Grouq ADVA'NTAGE-GROUND that gives fuperiority, and opportunities of annoyance or refiftance This excellent man, who ftood not upon th advantage-ground before, from the time of hi promotion to the archbifhoprick, provoked o underwent the envy, and reproach, and malice, o men of all qualities and conditions; who agree Clarendan in nothing elfe ApvanTa'cEous. adj. [avantageus, Fr 1. Of advantage ; profitable ; ufeful ; 0pportune ; convenient The time of ficknefs, or afliéion, is, l}k' th but ne'er fo well exprefs'd Pope cool of the day to Adam, a feafon of peculiar propriety for the voice of God to be heard j and ma A man born with fuch advantage of conftitu be improved into a very adwantageous opportunit of begetting or increafing fpiritual life. H_ammfld Here perhap 5. Superior excellence tion, that it adulterates not the images of his mind Glanwille 6. Gain; profit For thou faidft, what adwantage will it be unt thee, and what profit fhall T have, ifI be cleanfe from my fin Fob Certain it is, that adwantage now fits in th roo of confcience an fteer 7. Overplus; fomethin mere lawful gain all South's Sermons mor than th YWe owe thee much 5 within this wall of flef Shakefp. Merchant of Vor did unlawful means In vain are all the praétis'd wiles 3. Gradua ‘A D Some advantageous a& may be achiev' By fudden onfet, either with hell-fir To wafte his whole creation ; or pofief All as our own Mi[tdl 2. It is ufed with relation to perfons, a followed by zo every painter paints himfelf in h}S ow Sinc works, "tis advantageous to him to know himit to the end that he ma which make his genius cultivate thofe tal;" D " ApVANTA'GEOUSLY, adv, [from asv {agew |