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Definition of Paravant
1. adv. In front; publicly.
Definition of Paravant
1. first [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paravant
Literary usage of Paravant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mémoires de la Société Néo-philologique à Helsingfors by Uusfilologinen Yhdistys (1906)
"Cette soif s'éteindra: ta prompte guérison paravant q n'il soit peu t'en fera la
raison ... Quelquefois paravant était suivi directement d'un infinitif: Et ..."
2. Works by George John Whyte-Melville (1899)
"Prance lights a cigarette with permission, paravant a regalia without, and Lord St.
Moritz ... They are rather pretty, and I flatter myself Madame paravant, ..."
3. The Suffixes Mant and Vant in Sanskrit and Avestan by Harold Herman Bender (1910)
"... to belong in this list. paravant is, of course, derived from the adjective para.
Whitney's literal translation would evidently be ' as if inferior to. ..."
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