† paravantadv.n.

Forms: 1500s paravaunt, 1600s paravant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paravant.

Etymology: < Middle French, French †paravant before in time or place (c1243 in Old French as par avant ) < par through, by, be- (see per prep.) + avant before (see avant- comb. form). Compare Old French, Middle French, French auparavant, in the same sense.

Obsolete. rare.

Before; first; pre-eminently. Also as n.: a pre-eminent person or thing.Originally and chiefly in the works of Edmund Spenser. In quot. 1637 Heywood appears to have misinterpreted Spenser's use as adjectival, and hence used the adjective elliptically as a noun.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb]

highlyOE

overalla1225

with the firstc1300

principally1340

principalc1390

in principala1393

chiefly14..

ratherestc1400

rathestc1400

primarily1587

kat' exochen1588

paravant1590

pre-eminently1590

primely1610

cardinally1631

transeminently1642

paramountly1798

par eminence1823

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb]

erea900

beforeeOE

forec1000

toforec1175

therebeforec1200

toforehand1258

forne toc1275

orc1275

andersitha1300

alreadyc1300

rather?1316

beforehandc1330

erstc1330

aforec1350

theretoforea1375

aforehanda1387

forthwitha1400

forwitha1400

or?a1400

ereward14..

toforetimec1400

aforetimes1429

aforetime1433

afore seasons1463

heretoforetime1481

forouth1487

aforrow?a1513

beforrow1568

paravant1590

antecedently1593

formerly1596

precedently1611

preveniently1633

preallably1652

previously1655

precedaneously1657

somewhiles1657

antecedaneously1661

aft1674

prior1675

anteriorly1681

antecedent1690

previous1712

priorly1742

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd Tell me some markes, by which he may appeare, If chaunce I him encounter parauaunt.

1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. E2^v Yet that I may her honour paravant, And praise her worth, though far my wit aboue.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh3 But that faire one, That in the midst was placed parauaunt .

1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 277 If great love would give me three,..I two would unto Pluto grant, To take away that paravant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	paravant
释义	† paravantadv.n. Forms: 1500s paravaunt, 1600s paravant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paravant. Etymology: < Middle French, French †paravant before in time or place (c1243 in Old French as par avant ) < par through, by, be- (see per prep.) + avant before (see avant- comb. form). Compare Old French, Middle French, French auparavant, in the same sense. Obsolete. rare. Before; first; pre-eminently. Also as n.: a pre-eminent person or thing.Originally and chiefly in the works of Edmund Spenser. In quot. 1637 Heywood appears to have misinterpreted Spenser's use as adjectival, and hence used the adjective elliptically as a noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb] highlyOE overalla1225 with the firstc1300 principally1340 principalc1390 in principala1393 chiefly14.. ratherestc1400 rathestc1400 primarily1587 kat' exochen1588 paravant1590 pre-eminently1590 primely1610 cardinally1631 transeminently1642 paramountly1798 par eminence1823 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd Tell me some markes, by which he may appeare, If chaunce I him encounter parauaunt. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. E2^v Yet that I may her honour paravant, And praise her worth, though far my wit aboue. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh3 But that faire one, That in the midst was placed parauaunt . View more context for this quotation 1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 277 If great love would give me three,..I two would unto Pluto grant, To take away that paravant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.n.1590
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