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Turn \Turn\ (t[^u]rn), v. i.
1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
turns on his heel.
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The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
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Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
war. --Swift.
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3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
issue.
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If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
advantage. --Wake.
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4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or
tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
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Turn from thy fierce wrath. --Ex. xxxii.
12.
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Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --Ezek.
xxxiii. 11.
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The understanding turns inward on itself, and
reflects on its own operations. --Locke.
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5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
color turns to another; to turn Muslim.
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I hope you have no intent to turn husband. --Shak.
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Cygnets from gray turn white. --Bacon.
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6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
turns well.
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7. Specifically:
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(a) To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
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(b) To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
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I'll look no more;
Lest my brain turn. --Shak.
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(c) To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
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(d) To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
scales.
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(e) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
said of the tide.
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(f) (Obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the
womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
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8. (Print.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as
temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
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{To turn about}, to face to another quarter; to turn around.


{To turn again}, to come back after going; to return. --Shak.

{To turn against}, to become unfriendly or hostile to.

{To turn aside} or {To turn away}.
(a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
company; to deviate.
(b) To depart; to remove.
(c) To avert one's face.

{To turn back}, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
to retrace one's steps.

{To turn in}.
(a) To bend inward.
(b) To enter for lodgings or entertainment.
(c) To go to bed. [Colloq.]

{To turn into}, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
side street.

{To turn off}, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
the road turns off to the left.

{To turn on} or {To turn upon}.
(a) To turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
(b) To reply to or retort.
(c) To depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.


{To turn out}.
(a) To move from its place, as a bone.
(b) To bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
(c) To rise from bed. [Colloq.]
(d) To come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
the fire.
(e) To prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
crops turned out poorly.

{To turn over}, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
tumble.

{To turn round}.
(a) To change position so as to face in another direction.
(b) To change one's opinion; to change from one view or
party to another.

{To turn to}, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
refer to. "Helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
occasions." --Locke.

{To turn to account}, {profit}, {advantage}, or the like, to
be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
while.

{To turn under}, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.

{To turn up}.
(a) To bend, or be doubled, upward.
(b) To appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
to happen.
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Advantage \Ad*van"tage\ (?; 61, 48), n. [OE. avantage,
avauntage, F. avantage, fr. avant before. See {Advance}, and
cf. {Vantage}.]
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means,
particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end;
benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more
elevated position.
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Give me advantage of some brief discourse. --Shak.
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The advantages of a close alliance. --Macaulay.
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2. Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
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Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. --2 Cor.
ii. 11.
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3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit;
gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
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4. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth
in the baker's dozen). [Obs.]
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And with advantage means to pay thy love. --Shak.
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5. (Tennis) The first point scored after deuce.
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{Advantage ground}, vantage ground. [R.] --Clarendon.

{To have the advantage of} (any one), to have a personal
knowledge of one who does not have a reciprocal knowledge.
"You have the advantage of me; I don't remember ever to
have had the honor." --Sheridan.

{To take advantage of}, to profit by; (often used in a bad
sense) to overreach, to outwit.
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Syn: {Advantage}, {Advantageous}, {Benefit}, {Beneficial}.

Usage: We speak of a thing as a benefit, or as beneficial,
when it is simply productive of good; as, the benefits
of early discipline; the beneficial effects of
adversity. We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as
advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting
forward, and places us on a "vantage ground" for
further effort. Hence, there is a difference between
the benefits and the advantages of early education;
between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of
money.
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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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