Standard Lemma guide
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intj
Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A vaunt; a boast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To depart; to move away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To vaunt; to boast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h2énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avantbor. Middle Englishder. English avaunt First used 1275–1325; Middle English, from Old French avant (“to the front”).
