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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avaunt \A*vaunt"\, verb (used with an object) & i. [OF. avanter; ['a] (L. ad) + vanter. See {Vaunt}.] To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avaunt \A*vaunt"\, noun A vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.''
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Avaunt \A*vaunt"\, verb (used with an object) & i.
1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. To depart; to move away. [Obs.] --Coverdale.
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