A*vaunt" (?), interj. [F. avant forward, fr. L. ab + ante before. Cf. Avant, Advance.]

Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

 

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A*vaunt", v. t. & i.

1.

To advance; to move forward; to elevate.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

2.

To depart; to move away.

[Obs.]

Coverdale.

 

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A*vaunt", v. t. & i. [OF. avanter; (L. ad) + vanter. See Vaunt.]

To vaunt; to boast.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

 

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A*vaunt", n.

A vaunt; to boast.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

 

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