Hypertext Webster Gateway: "advantaged"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Advantage \Ad*van"tage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advantaged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Advantaging}.] [F. avantager, fr. avantage. See
{Advance}.]
To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit;
to profit.

The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and
averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged
his adversaries against him. --Fuller.

What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
and lose himself, or be cast away? --Luke ix. 25.

{To advantage one's self of}, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

advantaged
adj : blessed with advantages; "she is more advantaged than her
cousin"; "born into the favored classes" [syn: {favored}]


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