A*vaunt", v. t. & i. [OF. avanter; à (L. ad) + vanter. See Vaunt.] To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*vaunt", n. A vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
A*vaunt"our (&?;), n. [OF. avanteur.] A boaster. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||A"ve (&?;), n. [L., hail.] 1. An ave Maria.
He repeated Aves and Credos.
Macaulay.