advance 
5. To raise ; enhance : as, to advance the price 
of goods. 6. To offer or propose; bring to 
view or notice, as something one is prepared 
to abide by ; allege ; adduce ; bring forward : 
as, to advance an opinion or an argument. 
Propositions which are advanced in discourse generally 
result from a partial view of the question, and cannot In- 
kept under examination long enough to be corrected. 
Macaulay, Athenian Orators. 
7. In com., to supply beforehand ; furnish on 
credit, or before goods are delivered or work is 
done, or furnish as part of a stock or fund ; sup- 
ply or pay in expectation of reimbursement : as, 
to advance money on loan or contract, or to- 
ward a purchase or an establishment. 
Two houses advanced to Edward the Third of England 
upwards of three hundred thousand marks. 
Macaulay, Machiavelli. 
8. To raise ; lift up ; elevate. 
They . . . 
Advanc'd their eyelids. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 
0, peace I Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of 
him ! how he jets under his advanced plumes ! 
Shak., T. N., ii. 5. 
A cherub tall ; 
Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl'd 
The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, 
Shone like a meteor. Milton, P. L., i. 536. 
0. To put forth or exhibit with a view to dis- 
play. [Rare.] 
And every one his love-feat will advance 
Unto his several mistress. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 
10t. To commend ; extol ; vaunt. 
Greatly advauncing his gay chivalree. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. v. 16. 
lit. To impel ; incite. 
That lewd rybauld with vyle lust advaunst. 
Spemer, F. Q., II. i. 10. 
= Syn. 4. To elevate, exalt, prefer, aggrandize, dignify. 
8. To increase, augment. 6. Adduce, Allege, Assign 
(sec adduce) ; propound, bring forward, lay down. 
H. intrans. 1 . To move or go forward ; pro- 
ceed : as, the troops advanced. 
But time advance* : facts accumulate ; doubts arise. 
Faint glimpses of truth begin to appear, and shine more 
and more unto the perfect day. 
Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh. 
They watched the reapers' slow advancing line. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 375. 
2. To improve or make progress; grow, etc.: 
as, to advance in knowledge, stature, wisdom, 
rank, office, dignity, or age. 
A great advancing soul carries forward his whole age ; 
a mean, sordid soul draws it back. 
J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 34. 
3. To increase in quantity, price, etc. : as, the 
stock advanced three points. 
advance (ad-vans'), n. [=Y.avance; from the 
verb.] 1. A moving forward or toward the 
front ; a forward course ; progress in space : 
as, our advance was impeded by obstructions. 
Don Alonzo de Aguila and his companions, in their 
eager advance, had . . . got entangled in deep glens and 
the dry beds of torrents. Irving, Granada, p. 90. 
2. Milit., the order or signal to advance: as, the 
advance was sounded. 3. A step forward ; 
actual progress in any course of action : often 
in the plural: as, an advance in religion or 
knowledge; civilization has made great ad- 
vances in this century. 
Witness the advance from a rustic's conception of the 
Earth to that which a travelled geologist has reached. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psycho!., 481. 
4. An act of approach; an effort for approxi- 
mation or agreement ; anything done to bring 
about accord or any relation with another or 
others: with to before the person and toward 
before the object or purpose : as, A made an 
advance or advances to B, or toward acquain- 
tance with B. 
Frederic had some time before made advances toward a 
reconciliation with Voltaire. 
Macaulay, Frederic the Great. 
5. A forward position; place in front, at the 
head, or in the lead : as, his regiment took the 
advance in the march. 6. The state of being 
forward or in front; a being or going at the 
head or in the lead: chiefly in the phrase in 
advance : as, the groom rode in advaiux of the 
carriage; he is far in advance of the other 
pupils. In this sense the word is often used in compo- 
sition, sometimes without joining, giving it the appear- 
ance of an adjective, as it has been called in such use, al- 
though it is never really one. Thus, an advance () agent 
is an agent sent out in advance of a theatrical company, 
exhibition, etc., to make preliminary arrangements; an 
advance (-) ditch or foes is a ditch around the esplanade 
or glacis of a fortified place, and hence in advance of it ; 
advance (-) sheet* are sheets of a printed work sent to 
somebody in advance of publication. 
7. He who or that which is at the head or in 
the lead ; the foremost or forward part ; espe- 
cially, the leading body of an army. 
ABC, ship's track. 
B, point where helm is put 
over. 
D C, advance I of curve 
B D, transfer \ B C. 
85 
I got back on the 5th with the advance, the remainder 
following as rapidly as the steamers could carry them. 
U. S. Grant, Pel's. Mem., I. 290. 
8. In schools, a lesson not previously learned : 
opposed to review. 9. Advancement; promo- 
tion; preferment: as, an advance in rank or 
office. 10. An offer or tender. 
The advance of kindness which I made was feigned. 
Dryden, All for Love, iv. 
11. la com.: (a) Addition to price ; rise in price: 
as, an advance on the prime cost of goods ; there 
is an advance on cottons. (6) A giving before- 
hand; a furnishing of something before an 
equivalent is received, as money or goods, to- 
ward a capital or stock, or on loan, or in expec- 
tation of being reimbursed in some way : as, A 
made large advances to B. 
I shall, with great pleasure, make the necessary ad- 
vances. Jay. 
The account was made up with intent to show what 
advances had been made. Kent. 
(c) The money or goods thus furnished. 12. 
In naval tactics, the distance made by a ship 
under way, in the direc- 
tion of her course, after 
the helm has been put to 
one side and kept there : 
opposed to transfer, the 
distance made at right an- 
gles to the original course 
of the vessel before the 
helm was put over. in ad- 
vance, (a) Before ; in front : 
as, the cavalry marched in ad- 
vanee, or in advance of the ar- 
tillery. See above, 6. (b) Be- 
forehand ; before an equivalent 
is received : as, to pay rent in 
advance. 
They . . . paid you in ad- 
vance the dearest tribute of 
their affection. 
Junius, To the King, 1769. 
(c) In the state or condition of 
having made an advance : as, 
A is in advance to B a thousand dollars. = Syn. Advance- 
ment, Proficiency, etc. See progress, n. 
advanceable (ad-van'sa-bl), a. [< advance + 
-able.'] Capable of being advanced. 
advance-bill (ad-vans'bil), n. Same as ad- 
vance-note. 
advanced (ad-vansf), p- a. 1. Situated in 
front of or before others. Hence 2. In the 
front ; forward ; being in advance of or beyond 
others in attainments, degree, etc. : as, an ad- 
vanced Liberal. 
The most advanced strategic ideas of the day. 
Grate, Hist. Greece, II. 86. 
3. Having reached a comparatively late stage, 
as of development, progress, life, etc. : as, he is 
now at an advanced age. 
advance-guard (ad-vans'gard), . [Cf. avant- 
guard, vanguard.] Milit., a body of troops or 
other force marching or stationed in front of 
the main body to clear the way, guard against 
surprise, etc. 
advancement (ad-vans'ment), n. [Earlier ad- 
vauncement, avauncement, < ME. avancement, < 
OF. (and F. ) avancemen t, < avancer : see advance 
and -ment.~\ 1. The act of moving forward or 
proceeding onward or upward. 2. The act of 
promoting, or state of being promoted ; prefer- 
ment; promotion in rank or excellence; im- 
provement; furtherance. 3f. Settlement on a 
wife; jointure. Bacon. 4. In law, provision 
made by a parent for a child during the parent's 
life, by gift of property on account of the share 
to which the child would be entitled as heir or 
next of kin after the parent's death. 5f. The 
payment of money in advance ; money paid in 
advance. =Syn. 1 and 2. Advance, Proficiency, etc. See 
progress, n.2. Exaltation, elevation, preferment, en- 
hancement, amelioration, betterment. 
advance-note (ad-vans'not), n. A draft on the 
owner or agent of a vessel, generally for one 
month's wages, given by the master to the 
sailors on their signing the articles of agree- 
ment. Known in the United States as an advance-bill. 
The practice was abolished in the United States by act of 
Congress in 1884. 
advancer (ad-van'ser), . [ME. avauncer, 
avaunser; < advance + -er 1 .] 1. One who ad- 
vances; a promoter. 2. A branch of a buck's 
horn, the second from the base. 
advancingly (ad-van'sing-li), adv. In an ad- 
vancing manner ; progressively. 
advancive (ad-van'siv), a. [lireg. < advance + 
-ire.~\ Tending to advance or promote. [Rare.] 
The latter . . . will be more adeancive of individual in- 
ti-rest than of the public welfare. 
Washington, in Bancroft's Hist. Const., I. 410. 
advantage 
advantage (ad-van'taj), n. [< ME. avantage, 
avauntage, < OF. (andF.) avantage, "an advan- 
tage, odds ; overplus ; addition ; 'eeking ; a bene- 
fit, furtherance, forwarding," etc. (Cotgrave), 
= Pr. avantage (ML. reflex avantagium), < ML. 
"abantaticum, advantage, < abante, > OF. avant, 
etc., before: see advance, v.~\ 1. Any state, 
condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means 
specially favorable to success, prosperity, inter- 
est, reputation, or any desired end; anything 
that aids, assists, or is of service : as, he had 
the advantage of a good constitution, of an ex- 
cellent education; the enemy had the advan- 
tage of elevated ground; "the advantages of a 
close alliance," Macaulay. 
Advantage is a better soldier than rashness. 
Shak., Hen. V., iii. 6. 
The streets, seen now under the advantages of a warm 
morning sun adding a beauty of its own to whatever it 
glanced upon, showed much more brilliantly than ours 
of Rome. W. Ware, Zenobia, I. 58. 
2. Superiority or prevalence : regularly with of 
or over. 
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. 2 Cor. ii. 11. 
I have seen the hungry ocean gain 
Advantage on the kingdom of the shore. 
Shak., Sonnets, Ixiv. 
The special advantage of manhood over youth lies . . . 
in the sense of reality and limitation. 
J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 145. 
3. Benefit; gain; profit. 
What advantage will it be unto thee? Job xxxv. 3. 
Yet hath Sir Proteus, for that's his name, 
Made use and fair advantage of his days. 
Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 4. 
4f. Usury; interest; increase. 
Methought you said, you neither lend nor borrow 
Upon advantage. Shak., M. of V., L 3. 
And with advantage means to pay thy love. 
Shak., K. John, iii. 3. 
5f. A thirteenth article added to a dozen, mak- 
ing what is commonly known as a baker's 
dozen. 
If the Scripture be for reformation, and Antiquity to 
boot, it is but an advantage to the dozen. 
Milton, Ref. in Eng., i. 
6. In lawn-tennis, the first point gained after 
deuce. Commonly called vantage. See lawtt- 
tennis.To advantage, with good effect ; advantage- 
ously. To have the advantage of, to have superiority 
over ; be in a more favorable position than ; in particular, 
to know without being known ; have a personal knowledge 
that is not reciprocal : as, you have the advantage of me. 
To play upon advantage*, to cheat. To take advan- 
tage of. (a) To avail one's self of ; profit by in a legitimate 
way. (b) To overreach or impose upon, (c) To utilize as a 
means toward overreaching or imposition. 
The restrictions both on masters and servants were so 
severe as to prevent either from taking advantage of the 
necessities of the other. Froude, Sketches, p. 146. 
= Syn. 1 and 3. Advantage, Benefit, Utility, Profit, help, 
vantage-ground, good, service. Advantage is the possession 
of a good vantage-ground for the attainment of ulterior ob- 
jects of desire : as, he has the advantage of a good education. 
Benefit is a more immediate and realized good : as, a chief 
benefit of exercise is the improvement of health. Utility 
is usefulness in the practical or material sense : the utility 
of an education is a small part of the benefit derived from 
it. Profit signifies gain, with a suggestion of trade or 
exchange. A man may have good advantages, but derive 
from them little benefit or profit ; even their utility to him 
may be small. 
And deny his youth 
The rich advantage of good exercise. 
Shak., K. John, iv. 2. 
The importance of the American revolution, and the 
means of making it a benefit to the world. 
Washington, Letter to Dr. Price. 
An undertaking of enormous labour and yet of only 
very partial utility. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 36. 
What profit lies in barren faith? 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cviii. 
advantage (ad-van'taj), v. ; pret. and pp. ad- 
vantaged, mi. advantaging. [< late ME. avan- 
tage, < OF. avantager, avantagier, later avan- 
tager, "to advantage, give advantage unto," 
etc. (Cotgrave); from the noun.] I. trans. 1. 
To benefit; be of service to; yield profit or 
gain to. 
What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, 
and lose himself, or be cast away ? Luke ix. 25. 
If trade pinches the mind, commerce liberalizes it ; and 
Boston was also advantaged with the neighborhood of the 
country's oldest college, which maintained the wholesome 
traditions of culture. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 9(i. 
2t. To gain ground or win acceptance for; pro- 
mote or further. [Rare.] 
The Stoics that opinioned the souls of wise men dwelt 
about the moon, and those of fools wandered about the 
earth, advantaged the conceit of this effect. 
Sir T. Broume, Vulg. Err. 
3f. To increase, as by interest. 
Aili-tintaitinu their loan with interest 
Of ten times double gain of happiness. 
Shalt., Rich. III., iv. 4. 
