"aroint" meaning in English

See aroint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈɹɔɪnt/ Forms: aroints [present, singular, third-person], arointing [participle, present], arointed [participle, past], arointed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪnt Etymology: Uncertain, and subject to various attempts to connect it to multiple Germanic and Romance etymons; first attested in the First Folio, and sometimes posited to be an error for anoint, referring to a witch’s supposed flight-facilitating ointment, and thus being a commandment for her to anele herself and fly away; also taken from the phrase rowan tree in regard to its apotropaic abilities. Etymology templates: {{SIC}} ^([sic]) Head templates: {{en-verb}} aroint (third-person singular simple present aroints, present participle arointing, simple past and past participle arointed)
  1. (archaic, imperative, transitive) avaunt; begone; go away; leave! Tags: archaic, imperative, transitive
    Sense id: en-aroint-en-verb-ByfX80dY
  2. (archaic) to dispel; to send away. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-aroint-en-verb-3EBzOE2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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