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a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 844 Now I have the at avauntayge..but hyt shall never be seyde..that sir Trystram shall sle ony knyght that ys wepynles.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cxliiii^v/2 We shal haue hym at aduauntage and so we shall discomfyte hym.

1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. viii. 458 If you thinke that you haue mee at an aduantage..I shal haue you at the same.

a1680 D. Holles Memoirs (1699) 122 Never was such a violence and scorn put upon a single person, or any society of Men..except by that Italian, who to be reveng'd on his Enemy, got him at advantage.

1744 Def. People 65 They had the Court at an Advantage, they had the Public at their Devotion.

1791 C. Reeve School for Widows III. 154 I had wished a thousand times to have her at an advantage.

1842 H. M. G. Smythies Matchmaker III. lxvi. 212 I was taken by surprise... She got me at advantage.

1895 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 55/2 When one can't sleep, and lies tumbling about all night, the Devil has one at advantage.

1916 Boys' Life Mar. 11/2 In the sea she felt at home, where nobody could get her at an advantage.

2004 M. E. Robins Petty Treason vi. 94 Mademoiselle, you have me at an advantage, for you have guessed that I am Camille Touvois, and I do not know you.