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  • 91vant- — prefix, representing AF. vant , aphetic f. avant avant : see vant brace, guard, ward. In a number of compounds the t was elided, as vanbrace, chase, courier, guard, etc. Before labials the n by assimilation became m, as in vambrace, vampey,… …

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  • 92Avaunt — A*vaunt ([.a]*v[add]nt or [.a]*v[aum]nt ), interj. [F. avant forward, fr. L. ab + ante before. Cf. {Avant}, {Advance}.] Begone; depart; a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase Get thee gone. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 93Avaunt — A*vaunt , v. t. & i. 1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To depart; to move away. [Obs.] Coverdale. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 94Avauntour — A*vaunt our, n. [OF. avanteur.] A boaster. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 95Blow — Blow, v. t. 1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. [1913 Webster] Off at sea northeast winds blow… …

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  • 96Boast — Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[ o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast …

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  • 97Boasted — Boast Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[ o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to… …

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  • 98Boasting — Boast Boast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[ o]sa to swell; or W. bostio to… …

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  • 99Brag — Brag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E.… …

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  • 100Bragged — Brag Brag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E …

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