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† ˈovant, a. Obs.
[ad. L. ovāns, ovānt-em, pr. pple. of ovāre to have an ovation.]
Celebrating an ovation; triumphing in or as in an ovation; of the nature of an ovation.
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. iii. ii. (1622) 65 That for..exploits done the sommer past, hee should enter the citie, ouant, or with a small triumph. 1600Holland Livy iv. xliii. 166 A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho. 1631W. Saltonstall Pict. Loquent. E xij b, [In a horse-race] the forerunner is receiv'd ovant, with great acclamations of joy. 1652Benlowes Theoph. vi. v. 82 These ovant souls, Knights of Saint Vincent are For high atchievements gain'd. 1658Burton Itin. Anton. 161 Whatsoever stuff or provisions Suetonius Paullinus..might design for a triumphal, or an ovant shew at Rome. |