avaunt

avaunt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] Spenser.
  2. 2.To depart; to move away. [Obs.] Coverdale.
  3. 3.To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  4. 4.A vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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