† avauntn.¹

Forms: Middle English–1500s auant, avant, Middle English–1600s auaunt(e, avaunt(e, Middle English awaunte, 1500s advaunt(e, (Scottish awant).

Etymology: < avaunt v.¹

Obsolete.

1. A boast, vaunt; boasting, vain-glory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > a boast

roosec1175

avauntc1380

advancement?a1400

vauntise1477

vousta1500

puff1567

rodomontade1591

flourish1592

rodomontado1598

vauntc1600

vauntery1603

vapour1631

fanfaronade1652

gasconado1658

blow1684

gab1737

vaunting1793

windy1933

line-shoot1941

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun]

hoteOE

behotec1000

behesta1200

hesta1200

troth?c1225

quidec1275

promissiona1325

hightc1330

avauntc1380

grantc1380

forbehesta1400

promise1423

promit1462

behete1470

fiance1470

behightc1475

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 355 Yf þou þyn auaunt perforny myȝt.

c1380 J. Wyclif Three Treat. 35 Thei tellen to greet avaunt, that thei ben charious to the puple.

c1430 Life St. Katherine 56 Not in auant of pryde, bot in mekenesse.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iii. 25 These wordes he spake with greater avaunt then trueth.

2. esp. in to make avaunt: to boast, declare confidently or arrogantly; = avaunt v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]

yelpc888

kebc1315

glorify1340

to make avauntc1340

boast1377

brag1377

to shake boastc1380

glorya1382

to make (one's) boastc1385

crackc1470

avaunt1471

glaster1513

voust1513

to make (one's or a) vauntc1515

jet?1521

vaunt?1521

crowa1529

rail1530

devauntc1540

brave1549

vaunt1611

thrasonize1619

vapour1629

ostentate1670

goster1673

flourish1674

rodomontade1681

taper1683

gasconade1717

stump1721

rift1794

mang1819

snigger1823

gab1825

cackle1847

to talk horse1855

skite1857

to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859

to shoot off one's mouth1864

spreadeagle1866

swank1874

bum1877

to sound off1918

woof1934

to shoot a line1941

to honk off1952

to mouth off1958

blow-

c1340 Alex. & Dind. 570 Of more make ȝe avaunt..þan ȝe mow forþen.

1465 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 311 They make ther awaunte were þat I may be goten I schal dye.

c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.v For to crowe spake the cormoraunt And of his rule made grete auaunt.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 466/2 The sayd bishop doth make hys auaunt: that he had full power to create and depose kings.

3. Promise.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 664 I a-vow verayly þe avaunt þat I made, I schal..sende to Sare a soun & an hayre.

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† avauntn.²

Etymology: A substantive use of avaunt int. taken as a name for itself; compare alarm, assemble n.

Obsolete.

The order to be off.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > [noun] > order to be off

avaunt1596

1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 132 The diuell tempted him, but he gaue him the auaunt, with the sworde of the spirit.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 10 To giue her the avuant .

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 79 The Defiance or Avant [to Satan] shou'd run much after this manner.

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† avauntv.¹

Forms: Middle English–1500s auaunt(e, avaunt(e, Middle English–1600s avant, 1500s aduance, aduaunt, advant, aduant, advaunte, (Scottish awant).

Etymology: < Old French avanter, avaunter, < à to, here intensive + vanter < late Latin vānitāre to boast (Augustine), frequentative of *vanāre to lie (compare Provençal vanar , Italian vanare ), < vānus vain, empty. For the form advant see ad- prefix. In Old French as in English mostly reflexive, s'avanter.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To speak boastfully or proudly of:

a. To glory in, boast of (an action).

ΚΠ

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8309 And þat ys nat þe synne leste, Avaunte þy synne to hym þat þou sest.

c1440 Bone Flor. 299 Wyth mekyll worschyp they hym avaunt.

b. To speak proudly of, praise, commend (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]

heryc735

mickleeOE

loveOE

praise?c1225

upraisea1300

alosec1300

commenda1340

allow1340

laud1377

lose1377

avauntc1380

magnifya1382

enhancea1400

roosea1400

recommendc1400

recommanda1413

to bear up?a1425

exalt1430

to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445

laudifyc1470

gloryc1475

advance1483

to bear out1485

prizec1485

to be or to have in laudationa1500

joya1500

extol1509

collaud1512

concend?1521

solemnize?1521

celebrate1522

stellify1523

to set up1535

well-word1547

predicate1552

glorify1557

to set forth1565

admire1566

to be up with1592

voice1594

magnificate1598

plaud1598

concelebrate1599

encomionize1599

to con laud1602

applauda1616

panegyrize1617

acclamate1624

to set offa1625

acclaim1626

raise1645

complement1649

encomiate1651

voguec1661

phrase1675

to set out1688

Alexander1700

talk1723

panegyricize1777

bemouth1799

eulogizea1810

rhapsodize1819

crack up1829

rhapsody1847

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 42 Þat nyȝt was Charl[es proude]..& auaunted his kniȝtes olde.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxvi. 10 When he at end (to them) had it a vaunted.

c. with complement. To boast, declare confidently (to be).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)]

avauntc1374

blowc1380

brag1627

vaunt1633

vapour1658

to blow one's own trumpet1854

woof1934

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. i. 5 Whereto auaunted(e) ȝe me to be weleful.

1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 3rd balade sig. s.iii^v That I may the auaunt A gentill Werburge.

a. reflexive. To boast, brag, glory, vaunt oneself. Const. of, for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)]

beyelpc1330

avaunt1340

glorify1340

yelp1340

boasta1400

brawl?a1400

roosea1400

vaunta1400

advance1483

brag1548

vainglorya1637

braggadociea1688

wind1827

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (reflexive)]

beyelpc1330

avaunt1340

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4298 His disciples..Sal þam avant, and þam self hald Better of lif.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋585 Prudence had herd hire housbond avaunte him of his richesse.

1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Homily ii. iii. 28 When a man avaunteth not himself for his own righteousness.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 612 To auaunt him self prowdely. Gloriari insolenter.

b. with subordinate clause or infinitive phr.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)] > boast of

roosec1175

avauntc1315

beyelpc1330

boastc1380

blazona1533

brag1588

ruff1602

crack1653

vapour1654

value1670

vauntc1696

gasconade1714

voust1794

to write home about1868

sing1897

c1315 Shoreham 118 To segge that ich hyt maky can..Dar ich me nauȝt avanty.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 158 I dar me wel avaunte, Thy lif is sauf.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 28/2 Evyl peple auaunte them to haue don myracles.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vi. f. 12^v Who can aduaunte hym selfe to be well assured from this nette of hypocrisie?

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1020/1 So he auaunted him selfe, that he had slayne a Lutheran priest.

a. intransitive in sense of 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]

yelpc888

kebc1315

glorify1340

to make avauntc1340

boast1377

brag1377

to shake boastc1380

glorya1382

to make (one's) boastc1385

crackc1470

avaunt1471

glaster1513

voust1513

to make (one's or a) vauntc1515

jet?1521

vaunt?1521

crowa1529

rail1530

devauntc1540

brave1549

vaunt1611

thrasonize1619

vapour1629

ostentate1670

goster1673

flourish1674

rodomontade1681

taper1683

gasconade1717

stump1721

rift1794

mang1819

snigger1823

gab1825

cackle1847

to talk horse1855

skite1857

to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859

to shoot off one's mouth1864

spreadeagle1866

swank1874

bum1877

to sound off1918

woof1934

to shoot a line1941

to honk off1952

to mouth off1958

blow-

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. (Ashm. 1652) 154 As they make boste of and avaunte.

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 182 b In this serpente lette him then auaunte, that glorieth in knowledge.

1573 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Glorior..to auaunt or boast, to thende to haue praise.

a1595 T. Digges in T. Digges & D. Digges Foure Paradoxes (1604) i. 17 As that State were horribly wicked where women should aduant openly of their Incontinency: So, desperate is their disease that are so farre past shame to aduant of their cowardize.

b. with subordinate clause or infinitive phr.

ΚΠ

1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 458 He shall not avaunt þat euyre he spake wyth hym.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 150^v Aduauntynge the notable victorye at Cheronese to be his dede.

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† avauntv.²

Forms: Also 1500s advant.

Etymology: < avaunt adv., but also influenced probably by avaunt v.¹ 1 and advance v. In sense 3, apparently from the interjectional sense away! be off!

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To go or come forward, advance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)]

wadeOE

agoOE

forthganga1000

forthgoOE

syeOE

kenc1275

to-stepc1275

vaunce1303

forthnima1325

passc1330

throc1330

forthpass1382

to pass forthc1384

to carry forthc1390

proceedc1392

to go alongc1400

to be forthwardc1430

get) groundc1436

to set onc1450

avauntc1460

pretend1481

to make way1490

advance?1507

to get forward1523

promove1570

to rid ground (also space)1572

to rid (the) way1581

progressa1586

to gather grounda1593

to make forth1594

to make on1597

to work up1603

perge1607

to work one's (also its) way1609

to pass on1611

to gain ground1625

to make its way1645

vadea1660

propagate1700

to gain one's way1777

further1789

to pull up1829

on1840

to make (up) ground1921

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1972 Somtyme þowe wolt auaunte, & som tyme arere.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O7^v To whom auaunting in great brauery.

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. li. 215 The Gyants..advanted to incounter them.

1688 W. Carr Remarks Govt. Germanie 34 Prince of Oranges Armie was not able to oppose the french from advanting so neare to Amsterdam.

2. transitive. To raise, advance n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]

furtherc888

to bring onc1230

advancea1250

speeda1300

nourishc1300

avaunt1393

promotec1433

pasture?a1439

advantage?1459

promove1475

preferc1503

conduce1518

to set forth1528

to set forward(s)1530

to take forth1530

fillip1551

help1559

farther1570

foster1571

shoulder1577

to put forward1579

seconda1586

foment1596

hearten1598

to put on1604

fomentate1613

succeed1613

expeditea1618

producea1618

maturate1623

cultivate1641

encourage1677

push1693

forward1780

progress1780

admove1839

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 246 To knighthode more and more Prowesse avaunteth his corage.

c1400 Melayne 1575 The kynge callede sir lyonelle, And a-vauntede hym full heghe.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. sig. D3 Then with a Bell regard aduant mine eye With boldnes on her verie visnomie.

3. To be off, go away, depart.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]

to come awayeOE

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

awayOE

dealc1000

goOE

awendOE

rimeOE

to go one's wayOE

flitc1175

depart?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

to turn awaya1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

recede1450

roomc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

avaunt1549

trudge1562

vade?1570

discoast1571

leave1593

wag1594

to go off1600

troop1600

hence1614

to set on one's foota1616

to pull up one's stumps1647

quit1811

to clear out1816

slope1830

to walk one's chalks1835

shove1844

to roll out1850

to pull out1855

to light out1859

to take a run-out powder1909

to push off (also along)1923

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jude f. xxii That they shoulde not auaunt..into the dongeon of euerlasting damnacion.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 83 It causeth them from thence for to auaunt.

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avauntadv.int.prefix

Brit.

/əˈvɔːnt/,

/əˈvɑːnt/, U.S.

/əˈvɔnt/,

/əˈvɑnt/

Forms: Middle English–1600s auaunt, Middle English–1700s auant, avant, (Middle English a-want), Middle English– avaunt.

Etymology: < French avant to the front, forward, before < Latin ab ante ‘from before,’ used in late Latin for the simple ante; compare arrear.

†A. adv.

Forward, to the front. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb]

awayeOE

forneOE

forthc1000

forthwardc1175

furtherlyc1175

toforec1330

forea1400

forwarda1400

furtherwarda1400

avauntc1400

forwardsc1400

onwardc1425

toward1426

forouth1487

up to ——1516

forth on1529

onwards1540

aheada1615

forrita1796

advancingly1820

onwardly1831

forwardly1876

c1400 Rom. Rose 3958 With that word came Drede avaunt.

c1400 Rom. Rose 4793 Never the more avaunt, Right nought am I thurgh youre doctrine.

1415 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 125 Lete every man preve hym silfe a good man this day, and avant baneres.

c1440 Arthur 444 Than seyd Arthour, ‘Auaunt Baner, & be Goo.’

B. int.

Originally and lit.: Onward! move on! go on! Hence, Begone! be off! away!

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [interjection]

begonec1370

hencec1390

avauntc1485

vaunt1598

off1717

twenty-three1930

society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > order to move or be off

avauntc1485

forward1833

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 925 A-wantt, a-want þe, onworthy wrecchesse!

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 129 Auaunt, Auaunt, thou slogysh [etc.].

a1634 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois (1641) iii. 40 Avant about thy charge.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 23 No no, avaunt—I'll not be slabber'd and kiss'd now.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 80 Avaunt, she cry'd, offensive to my sight!

1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. ii. 43 They accosted me as Satan, bid me avaunt.

C. prefix

Forward, fore-. See later spelling avant- comb. form, also the aphetic forms vant- comb. form, van n.²

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n.¹c1340

n.²1596

v.¹1303

v.²1393

adv.int.prefixc1400

单词	avaunt
释义	† avauntn.¹ Forms: Middle English–1500s auant, avant, Middle English–1600s auaunt(e, avaunt(e, Middle English awaunte, 1500s advaunt(e, (Scottish awant). Etymology: < avaunt v.¹ Obsolete. 1. A boast, vaunt; boasting, vain-glory. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > a boast roosec1175 avauntc1380 advancement?a1400 vauntise1477 vousta1500 puff1567 rodomontade1591 flourish1592 rodomontado1598 vauntc1600 vauntery1603 vapour1631 fanfaronade1652 gasconado1658 blow1684 gab1737 vaunting1793 windy1933 line-shoot1941 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] hoteOE behotec1000 behesta1200 hesta1200 troth?c1225 quidec1275 promissiona1325 hightc1330 avauntc1380 grantc1380 forbehesta1400 promise1423 promit1462 behete1470 fiance1470 behightc1475 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 355 Yf þou þyn auaunt perforny myȝt. c1380 J. Wyclif Three Treat. 35 Thei tellen to greet avaunt, that thei ben charious to the puple. c1430 Life St. Katherine 56 Not in auant of pryde, bot in mekenesse. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iii. 25 These wordes he spake with greater avaunt then trueth. 2. esp. in to make avaunt: to boast, declare confidently or arrogantly; = avaunt v.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] yelpc888 kebc1315 glorify1340 to make avauntc1340 boast1377 brag1377 to shake boastc1380 glorya1382 to make (one's) boastc1385 crackc1470 avaunt1471 glaster1513 voust1513 to make (one's or a) vauntc1515 jet?1521 vaunt?1521 crowa1529 rail1530 devauntc1540 brave1549 vaunt1611 thrasonize1619 vapour1629 ostentate1670 goster1673 flourish1674 rodomontade1681 taper1683 gasconade1717 stump1721 rift1794 mang1819 snigger1823 gab1825 cackle1847 to talk horse1855 skite1857 to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859 to shoot off one's mouth1864 spreadeagle1866 swank1874 bum1877 to sound off1918 woof1934 to shoot a line1941 to honk off1952 to mouth off1958 blow- c1340 Alex. & Dind. 570 Of more make ȝe avaunt..þan ȝe mow forþen. 1465 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 311 They make ther awaunte were þat I may be goten I schal dye. c1520 Parl. Byrdes (de Worde) sig. A.v For to crowe spake the cormoraunt And of his rule made grete auaunt. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 466/2 The sayd bishop doth make hys auaunt: that he had full power to create and depose kings. 3. Promise. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 664 I a-vow verayly þe avaunt þat I made, I schal..sende to Sare a soun & an hayre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † avauntn.² Etymology: A substantive use of avaunt int. taken as a name for itself; compare alarm, assemble n. Obsolete. The order to be off. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > [noun] > order to be off avaunt1596 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. iii. 132 The diuell tempted him, but he gaue him the auaunt, with the sworde of the spirit. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 10 To giue her the avuant . View more context for this quotation 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 79 The Defiance or Avant [to Satan] shou'd run much after this manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † avauntv.¹ Forms: Middle English–1500s auaunt(e, avaunt(e, Middle English–1600s avant, 1500s aduance, aduaunt, advant, aduant, advaunte, (Scottish awant). Etymology: < Old French avanter, avaunter, < à to, here intensive + vanter < late Latin vānitāre to boast (Augustine), frequentative of vanāre to lie (compare Provençal vanar* , Italian vanare ), < vānus vain, empty. For the form advant see ad- prefix. In Old French as in English mostly reflexive, s'avanter. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To speak boastfully or proudly of: a. To glory in, boast of (an action). ΚΠ 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8309 And þat ys nat þe synne leste, Avaunte þy synne to hym þat þou sest. c1440 Bone Flor. 299 Wyth mekyll worschyp they hym avaunt. b. To speak proudly of, praise, commend (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] heryc735 mickleeOE loveOE praise?c1225 upraisea1300 alosec1300 commenda1340 allow1340 laud1377 lose1377 avauntc1380 magnifya1382 enhancea1400 roosea1400 recommendc1400 recommanda1413 to bear up?a1425 exalt1430 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 laudifyc1470 gloryc1475 advance1483 to bear out1485 prizec1485 to be or to have in laudationa1500 joya1500 extol1509 collaud1512 concend?1521 solemnize?1521 celebrate1522 stellify1523 to set up1535 well-word1547 predicate1552 glorify1557 to set forth1565 admire1566 to be up with1592 voice1594 magnificate1598 plaud1598 concelebrate1599 encomionize1599 to con laud1602 applauda1616 panegyrize1617 acclamate1624 to set offa1625 acclaim1626 raise1645 complement1649 encomiate1651 voguec1661 phrase1675 to set out1688 Alexander1700 talk1723 panegyricize1777 bemouth1799 eulogizea1810 rhapsodize1819 crack up1829 rhapsody1847 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 42 Þat nyȝt was Charl[es proude]..& auaunted his kniȝtes olde. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxvi. 10 When he at end (to them) had it a vaunted. c. with complement. To boast, declare confidently (to be). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)] avauntc1374 blowc1380 brag1627 vaunt1633 vapour1658 to blow one's own trumpet1854 woof1934 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. i. 5 Whereto auaunted(e) ȝe me to be weleful. 1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 3rd balade sig. s.iii^v That I may the auaunt A gentill Werburge. 2. a. reflexive. To boast, brag, glory, vaunt oneself. Const. of, for. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)] beyelpc1330 avaunt1340 glorify1340 yelp1340 boasta1400 brawl?a1400 roosea1400 vaunta1400 advance1483 brag1548 vainglorya1637 braggadociea1688 wind1827 the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (reflexive)] beyelpc1330 avaunt1340 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4298 His disciples..Sal þam avant, and þam self hald Better of lif. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋585 Prudence had herd hire housbond avaunte him of his richesse. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Homily ii. iii. 28 When a man avaunteth not himself for his own righteousness. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 612 To auaunt him self prowdely. Gloriari insolenter. b. with subordinate clause or infinitive phr. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)] > boast of roosec1175 avauntc1315 beyelpc1330 boastc1380 blazona1533 brag1588 ruff1602 crack1653 vapour1654 value1670 vauntc1696 gasconade1714 voust1794 to write home about1868 sing1897 c1315 Shoreham 118 To segge that ich hyt maky can..Dar ich me nauȝt avanty. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 158 I dar me wel avaunte, Thy lif is sauf. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 28/2 Evyl peple auaunte them to haue don myracles. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vi. f. 12^v Who can aduaunte hym selfe to be well assured from this nette of hypocrisie? 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1020/1 So he auaunted him selfe, that he had slayne a Lutheran priest. 3. a. intransitive in sense of 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] yelpc888 kebc1315 glorify1340 to make avauntc1340 boast1377 brag1377 to shake boastc1380 glorya1382 to make (one's) boastc1385 crackc1470 avaunt1471 glaster1513 voust1513 to make (one's or a) vauntc1515 jet?1521 vaunt?1521 crowa1529 rail1530 devauntc1540 brave1549 vaunt1611 thrasonize1619 vapour1629 ostentate1670 goster1673 flourish1674 rodomontade1681 taper1683 gasconade1717 stump1721 rift1794 mang1819 snigger1823 gab1825 cackle1847 to talk horse1855 skite1857 to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859 to shoot off one's mouth1864 spreadeagle1866 swank1874 bum1877 to sound off1918 woof1934 to shoot a line1941 to honk off1952 to mouth off1958 blow- 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. (Ashm. 1652) 154 As they make boste of and avaunte. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 182 b In this serpente lette him then auaunte, that glorieth in knowledge. 1573 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Glorior..to auaunt or boast, to thende to haue praise. a1595 T. Digges in T. Digges & D. Digges Foure Paradoxes (1604) i. 17 As that State were horribly wicked where women should aduant openly of their Incontinency: So, desperate is their disease that are so farre past shame to aduant of their cowardize. b. with subordinate clause or infinitive phr. ΚΠ 1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 458 He shall not avaunt þat euyre he spake wyth hym. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 150^v Aduauntynge the notable victorye at Cheronese to be his dede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † avauntv.² Forms: Also 1500s advant. Etymology: < avaunt adv., but also influenced probably by avaunt v.¹ 1 and advance v. In sense 3, apparently from the interjectional sense away! be off! Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To go or come forward, advance. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1972 Somtyme þowe wolt auaunte, & som tyme arere. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O7^v To whom auaunting in great brauery. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. li. 215 The Gyants..advanted to incounter them. 1688 W. Carr Remarks Govt. Germanie 34 Prince of Oranges Armie was not able to oppose the french from advanting so neare to Amsterdam. 2. transitive. To raise, advance n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] furtherc888 to bring onc1230 advancea1250 speeda1300 nourishc1300 avaunt1393 promotec1433 pasture?a1439 advantage?1459 promove1475 preferc1503 conduce1518 to set forth1528 to set forward(s)1530 to take forth1530 fillip1551 help1559 farther1570 foster1571 shoulder1577 to put forward1579 seconda1586 foment1596 hearten1598 to put on1604 fomentate1613 succeed1613 expeditea1618 producea1618 maturate1623 cultivate1641 encourage1677 push1693 forward1780 progress1780 admove1839 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 246 To knighthode more and more Prowesse avaunteth his corage. c1400 Melayne 1575 The kynge callede sir lyonelle, And a-vauntede hym full heghe. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. sig. D3 Then with a Bell regard aduant mine eye With boldnes on her verie visnomie. 3. To be off, go away, depart. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jude f. xxii That they shoulde not auaunt..into the dongeon of euerlasting damnacion. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 83 It causeth them from thence for to auaunt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). avauntadv.int.prefix Brit. /əˈvɔːnt/, /əˈvɑːnt/, U.S. /əˈvɔnt/, /əˈvɑnt/ Forms: Middle English–1600s auaunt, Middle English–1700s auant, avant, (Middle English a-want), Middle English– avaunt. Etymology: < French avant to the front, forward, before < Latin ab ante ‘from before,’ used in late Latin for the simple ante; compare arrear. †A. adv. Forward, to the front. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb] awayeOE forneOE forthc1000 forthwardc1175 furtherlyc1175 toforec1330 forea1400 forwarda1400 furtherwarda1400 avauntc1400 forwardsc1400 onwardc1425 toward1426 forouth1487 up to ——1516 forth on1529 onwards1540 aheada1615 forrita1796 advancingly1820 onwardly1831 forwardly1876 c1400 Rom. Rose 3958 With that word came Drede avaunt. c1400 Rom. Rose 4793 Never the more avaunt, Right nought am I thurgh youre doctrine. 1415 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 125 Lete every man preve hym silfe a good man this day, and avant baneres. c1440 Arthur 444 Than seyd Arthour, ‘Auaunt Baner, & be Goo.’ B. int. Originally and lit.: Onward! move on! go on! Hence, Begone! be off! away! ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [interjection] begonec1370 hencec1390 avauntc1485 vaunt1598 off1717 twenty-three1930 society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > order to move or be off avauntc1485 forward1833 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 925 A-wantt, a-want þe, onworthy wrecchesse! a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 129 Auaunt, Auaunt, thou slogysh [etc.]. a1634 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois (1641) iii. 40 Avant about thy charge. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 23 No no, avaunt—I'll not be slabber'd and kiss'd now. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 80 Avaunt, she cry'd, offensive to my sight! 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. ii. 43 They accosted me as Satan, bid me avaunt. C. prefix Forward, fore-. 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