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vauncing

vauncing is the present participle and gerund of vaunce.

Meaning of vaunce

Verb

vaunce (third-person singular simple present vaunces, present participle vauncing, simple past and past participle vaunced)

  1. (obsolete) To advance (various senses).
    • Then tooke the bold Sir Satyrane in hand
      An huge great speare , such as he wont to wield ,
      And , vauncing forth from all the other band Of knights ,
      addrest his maiden-headed shield1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about vauncing

What is vauncing the present participle and gerund of?
Vauncing is the present participle and gerund of vaunce.

Words near vauncing in the dictionary

  1. vaultworthy
  2. vaulty
  3. vaunce
  4. vaunced
  5. vaunces
  6. vauncing
  7. vaunt
  8. vaunt-courier
  9. vaunt-couriers
  10. vauntage
  11. vauntages

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