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† vaunce, v. Obs.
Also 4–6 vaunse, 6 vance.
[Aphetic f. of advance v.]
To advance, in various senses. (Common in the 16th cent.)
a. trans.1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5516 Þou art nat wurþy vaunsed to be. a1400Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 33 (MS. Rawl. Poet. 38), Shal no lewednesse lette þe clerkes þat I louye, That he [ne] worth furst vaunsed. a1450Myrc Par. Pr. 1636 Ȝef hyt [i.e. contrition] be gret, ȝeue luyte penaunce. Ȝef hyt be luyte, þow moste hyt vaunce [v.r. haunce]. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. xviii. 54 The wyse captayne ought not to putte nor vaunce forth hym and hys men lyghtly to a bataylle. 1582Stanyhurst æneis (Arb.) 85 Al thogh..winds vaunce fully thy sayls with prosperus huffing. 1594R. Carew Tasso (1881) 21 This hardie speech..Gaue ech one care, and vaunst his courage hie. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. ix. 379 Which embleams hee bid vaunce, for foes to reede of mercie, iustice, death, how hee decreed.
b. refl.c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xiv. 350 He vaunced hym selfe forthe, and caught the kynge wyth bothe hys armes. ― Blanchardyn xxiii. 77 As blanchardyn..perceyued þ⊇ noble pucelle, he dyde vaunce him self toward her. a1548Hall Chron. (1809) 616 A picture of an armed Knight on a courser barded Vauncyng himself upon that hill. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 207 But marke the chance, my self to vance, By friendships lot, to Paules I got. 1587Turberv. Trag. Tales (1837) 41 They vaunst themselves, and stood mee bolt upright.
c. intr.1544Betham Precepts War i. cxcvii. I vj b, The hoste vauncyng towarde battayl, the capitayne ought to speake these wordes. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. iv. 17 Sir Satyrane..vauncing forth from all the other band Of knights.
Hence † ˈvauncing vbl. n. Obs.
c1400Apol. Loll. 56 A how bitter luf and vauncing [L. promotio]..þat he reys his luf at a moment a-boue a veyn þing. 1426Audelay Poems (Percy Soc.) 33 Clerkys that han cunnyng, Schuld have monys soule in kepyng, Bot thai mai get no vaunsyng Without symony. |