Advantaging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and
           averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged
           his adversaries against him.             --Fuller.
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           What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
           and lose himself, or be cast away?       --Luke ix. 25.
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     {To advantage one's self of}, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]
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