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to avaunt

to avaunt

9.9
To force someone or something to go away
  • verb
  • /əˈvɔnt/
  • Archaic
: expulsar
  • The knight commanded, 'avaunt from this place, lest you face my sword!'

Examples

  • The wizard raised his staff and shouted, 'avaunt, foul creature!'

  • In old tales, heroes would avaunt evil spirits with a single word.

  • Why must you avaunt in my presence?

  • Can you please avaunt that annoying noise?

  • The wizard raised his staff and shouted, 'avaunt, foul creature!'

  • The knight commanded, 'avaunt from this place, lest you face my sword!'

  • In old tales, heroes would avaunt evil spirits with a single word.

Synonyms

to expel
vsto avaunt
188 5.0

Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order

is an exclamatory order, not necessarily an official or permanent removal
to banish
vsto avaunt
107 6.3

Force someone to leave a place or group and not let them return

is a short loud order to depart, not a formal lifelong exclusion
to drive away
vsto avaunt
75 3.4

To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away

is a direct exclamation ordering someone to depart
to eject
vsto avaunt
47 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

is a verbal exclamation used to order departure rather than physical removal

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Greet someone in a friendly way when they arrive

How Forceful

to banish
107 6.3
to avaunt
  • Archaic
9.9
to expel
188 5.0
to send away
129 3.0
to show someone the door
  • Informal
14 6.4
to shoo
  • Informal
21 7.0

Surface Forms

avaunt infinitive
avaunted past
avaunted past participle
avaunting present participle
avaunts third person singular

Etymology

Avaunt comes from old French a- + avant, meaning 'forward' or 'away', and is like the root in advance. So to avaunt someone was to drive them away or command them to 'leave'.