avaunt

a·vaunt

 (ə-vônt′, ə-vänt′)
adv.
Hence; away.
[Middle English,forward, from Old Frenchavant, from Latinabante :ab-,from; see ab-1 +ante,before; see ante-.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

avaunt

(əˈvɔːnt)
sentence substitute
archaic go away! depart!
[C15: from Old Frenchavant! forward!, from Late Latinab ante forward, from Latinab from +ante before]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•vaunt

(əˈvɔnt, əˈvɑnt)

adv.Archaic.
away; hence (used interjectionally).
[1275–1325; Middle English < Middle Frenchavant to the front < Late Latinab ante before. Seeab-,ante-]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.


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