Avaunt

//əˈvɔːnt// intj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vaunt; a boast. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To advance; to move forward; to elevate. obsolete

    "But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt"

  2. 2
    To depart; to move away. obsolete

    "That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion."

  3. 3
    To vaunt; to boast. archaic
Intj
  1. 1
    Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence. archaic

    "Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]"

Example

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"Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]"

Etymology

First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).

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