Definition of "avaunt" []

• Hence; away. (adverb)

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• "Oh! I do remember that you performed upon the latter, and my modesty should have certainly bid me 'avaunt' from it."
• "But suddenly she closed the book, and gave it back to Philip, shaking her head with a backward movement, as if to say "avaunt" to floating visions."
• ""avaunt" rose to her lips again as she saw one of the figures in chain-armour cautiously approaching her with the polite words, "Can't I be of any use, Miss Delaware?""