avaunce

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/əˈvɔːns//əˈvɑːns/

verb

To advance; to profit.

OriginOld French avancer →
First used early 13th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbavaunce (third-person singular simple present avaunces, present participle avauncing, simple past and past participle avaunced)

present singular third person avaunces · participle present avauncing · participle past avaunced · past avaunced

  1. obsoleteTo advance; to profit.First known use early 13th c.

    And so besechyng you, to take on you the defense of this booke, to auaunce the good that may come of it by your allowance and furtherance to publike vse and benefite...

    1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword

Origin

  1. Old Frenchavancer“to move forward”
  2. Englishavaunce

From Old French avancer (“to move forward”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with avaunce

FrancedanceadvancechanceenhanceglanceentranceHanslancestanceVanceAfrikaansperchanceranceaskanceprancepsytrancebechancejauncelaunceséance
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APA

avaunce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avaunce

MLA

“avaunce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avaunce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avaunce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avaunce.

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