avaunt

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avaunt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Avaunt \A*vaunt"\ ([.a]*v[add]nt" or [.a]*v[aum]nt"), 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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  Avaunt \A*vaunt"\, v. t. & i.
     1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     2. To depart; to move away. [Obs.] --Coverdale.
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  Avaunt \A*vaunt"\, v. t. & i. [OF. avanter; [`a] (L. ad) +
     vanter. See Vaunt.]
     To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Avaunt \A*vaunt"\, n.
     A vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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