avantager, v.a., to advantage; to bestow an advantage on; to favor. La nature l’avait avantagé de beaucoup de qualités précieuses; nature had endowed him with many inestimable qualities.
avantageusement, (-mān), adv., advantageously, to advantage; usefully; beneficially, favorably; highly. S’habiller —; to dress to the best advantage. Parler — de quelqu’un; to speak highly of any one.
avantageu-x, -se, adj., advantageous, profitable, beneficial, eligible; conceited, presuming; overbearing; (of dress) becoming. Conditions —ses; advantageous terms. Coiffure —se; a becoming way of dressing the hair. Un ton —; a confident, assuming tone. C’est un homme —; he is a conceited fellow, vain, presuming.
avant-bec, n.m., (—-—s) (arch.) starling of a bridge, pier, ice-breaker, cutwater.
avant-bras, n.m., (—) fore-arm.
avant-corps, n.m., (—) (arch.) fore-part.
avant-cour, n.f., (—-—s) fore-court.
avant-coureur, n.m., (—-—s) (mil.) van-courier, forerunner, precursor; harbinger.
avant-courri-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., (—-—s) forerunner, harbinger.
avant-derni-er, -ère, adj. and n., (—-—s) the last but one. L’—e syllabe; the penultimate.