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avaunt
/əˈvɔːnt/
verb 3intj 1noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
cruel
AVAUNT + NOUN
dongeon
PREP.
into
ADV.
away, quickely
Definitions
intj
1
Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]
Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion
noun
1
A vaunt; a boast.
verb
1
To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt
2
To depart; to move away.
That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion.
3
To vaunt; to boast.
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Zuc. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]
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Avaunt, away! the cruel ſway, Tyrannic man's dominion
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In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"
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But he, the more outrageous and bold, Sternely did bid him quickely thence avaunt
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That they should not avaunt[…]into the dongeon of eternal damnacion.
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