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Webster 1913 Edition

Avaunt

A-vaunt′

(ȧ-va̤nt′ or ȧ-vänt′)
,
int
erj.
[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.”

A-vaunt′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
1.
To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
To depart; to move away.
[Obs.]
Coverdale.

A-vaunt′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[OF.
avanter
;
à
(L.
ad
) +
vanter
. See
Vaunt
.]
To vaunt; to boast.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

A-vaunt′

,
Noun.
A vaunt; to boast.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Avaunt

AVAUNT

, exel.
Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase, 'Get thee behind me.'

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