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a⋅vaunt

  [uh-vawnt, uh-vahnt]
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–adverb Archaic.
away; hence.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF avant to the front < LL ab ante before (L: from before). See ab-, ante-
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a·vaunt   (ə-vônt', ə-vänt')   
adv.  Hence; away.

[Middle English, forward, from Old French avant, from Latin abante : ab-, from; see ab-1 + ante, before; see ante-.]
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Word Origin & History

avaunt 
interjection, c.1485, "begone," lit. "move on," from M.Fr. avant "forward!" from L. ab ante "from before" (whence also It. avanti).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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