| 单词 | for or to the vantage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor or to the vantage ΚΠ 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxviiv And yet haue we for the vauntage.., the boke of the kyngys, the wordis of the prophete zachary [etc.]. 1538 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 43 R. Phelyppes for the vantage of bredde, xxiid. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Le trezain du pain, vantage of bread; the thirteenth loafe giuen by Bakers vnto the dozen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. iii. 84 Yes, [there are] a dozen [such women], and as many to the vantage, as would store the world they played for. View more context for this quotation 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 346 Supererogation there is none, where first all is not done that ought to be done, and then a vantage too, or surplus ouer. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xiii. 191 The Popes Legate and Robert Earl of Artois..would make no bargain except Alexandria..were also cast in for vantage, to make the conditions down-weight. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vantage, that which is given over and above just Weight and Measure; Overplus. < as lemmas |
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