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AVAUNT
Etymology
Interjection
avaunt
(archaic) Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
Noun
avaunt (plural avaunts)
(obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.
Verb
avaunt (third-person singular simple present avaunts, present participle avaunting, simple past and past participle avaunted)
(obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
(obsolete) To depart; to move away.
(archaic) To vaunt; to boast.
Source: Wiktionary
A*vaunt", interj. Etym: [F. avant forward, fr. L. ab + ante before. Cf. Avant, Advance.]
Definition: Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."
A*vaunt", v. t. & i.
1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To depart; to move away. [Obs.] Coverdale.
A*vaunt", v. t. & i. Etym: [OF. avanter; (L. ad) + vanter. See Vaunt.]
Definition: To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*vaunt", n.
Definition: A vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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